Whiskey Tender: A Memoir Heiltsuk and fundamental human wisdom coalesce

and fundamental human wisdom coalesce to provide a genuinely indigenous perspective on current events

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Whiskey Tender: A Memoir Heiltsuk and fundamental human wisdom coalesceFinalist for the National Book Award Deborah Jackson Taffa was raised to believe that some sacrifices were necessary to achieve a better life. Her grandparentscitizens of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo tribewere sent to Indian boarding schools run by white missionaries, while her parents were encouraged to take part in governmental job training off the reservation. Assimilation meant relocation, but as Taffa matured into adulthood, she began to