Of other culture, values and experience. The history of genocide, colonialism, and dispossession that her people had faced left an indelible mark. So did the beliefs and traditions of the elders, the land, and the animals. Being an Indian is, in itself, a political act the old saying goes. Being an Indian woman, then, must be a doubly political act.
All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice.
The Woman Who Fell From The Sky . These few words contain the essence of her matured politics. I started writing out of that need for that river of concern. Up to that point a lot of us felt shame for what we were. That movement helped galvanize us and open us like nothing else.