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they grapple with the legacy of cultural genocide and write toward a future that places ancient beliefs in the center of the cultural horizon

Bad Indians (Expanded Edition): A Tribal Memoir Lakota Riley is savvy with peopleNow in paperback and newly expanded, this gripping memoir is hailed as essential by Joy Harjo, Leslie Marmon Silko, and ELLE magazine among others. Bad Indians part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Widely adopted in classrooms and book clubs throughout the United States, Bad Indians now reissued in significantly expanded form plumbs