Upon Her Shoulders Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community Pedagogy A Line in the Tar

Upon Her Shoulders Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community Pedagogy A Line in the Tar A Line in the Tar Sands offers a critical analysis of the impact of the tar sands and the challenges opponents face in their efforts to organize effective resistance In six brief chapters the topics include Claims on Canada among the French Traditional American Indian culture places high value on teaching and passing down knowledge through story and oral history This book documents the autobiographical stories and poems of Southeastern American Indian women whose hard work and daily fight to keep their communities well and safe is all too often disregarded by mainstream publications and the general public