The University of Arizona Press
When: Saturday, August 12, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., EDT
Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C.
We are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition by Sarah Hernandez will represent South Dakota at the National Book Festival this year.
The South Dakota Humanities Council selected We are the Stars as their state’s selection for “Great Reads from Great Places.” The South Dakota Humanities Council will give away ten copies of We are the Stars at their booth.
About the book:
Women and land form the core themes of the book, which brings tribal and settler colonial narratives into comparative analysis. Divided into two parts, the first section of the work explores how settler colonizers used the printing press and boarding schools to displace Oceti Sakowin women as traditional culture keepers and culture bearers with the goal of internally and externally colonizing the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota nations. The second section focuses on decolonization and explores how contemporary Oceti Sakowin writers and scholars have started to reclaim Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota literatures to decolonize and heal their families, communities, and nations.
