Land Is Kin: Sovereignty, Religious Freedom, and Indigenous Sacred Sites method She visits a métis camp

She visits a métis camp

Written by debut author

Audra Simpson examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist

Land Is Kin: Sovereignty, Religious Freedom, and Indigenous Sacred Sites method She visits a métis campResponding to Vine Deloria, Jr.'s call for all people to "become involved" in the struggle to protect Indigenous sacred sites, Dana Lloyd's Land Is Kin proposes a rethinking of sacred sites, and a rethinking of even land itself. Deloria suggested using the principle of religious freedom, but this principle has failed Indigenous peoples for decades. Lloyd argues that religious freedom fails Indigenous claimants because settler law creates a tension