Standoff - by Jacqueline Keeler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This compelling analysis of belief and legal systems undergirding the Bundys and Native Americans illuminates cultural battles of our age.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A powerful, illuminating book. <br>--LOUISE ERDRICH, author of <i>The Night Watchman</i> <p/>Native young people and elders pray in sweat lodges at the Océti Sakówin camp</b>, the North Dakota landscape outside blanketed in snow. In Oregon, white men and women in army surplus and western gear, some draped in the American flag, gather in the buildings of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. The world witnessed two standoffs in 2016: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest against an oil pipeline in North Dakota and the armed takeover of Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Refuge led by the Bundy family. These events unfolded in vastly different ways, from media coverage to the reactions of law enforcement. In <i>Standoff</i>, Jacqueline Keeler examines these episodes as two sides of the same story that created America and its deep-rooted cultural conflicts.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Eye-opening and compelling...required reading for those who would call this land home. <br>--<b><i>KIRKUS REVIEWS</b></i> <p/>Keeler makes a compelling case...her elucidation of how the domination of the written word over oral storytelling contributes to the unequal application of justice adds fascinating context. <br>--<b><i>MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE</b></i> <p/>Rigorous analysis and personal storytelling invigorate Jacqueline Keeler's examination of Indigenous vs. colonial land tenure. <i>Standoff</i> recounts the historic legacy of treaty rights and sacred space underpinning Standing Rock's case against the Dakota Access Pipeline, and contrasts this legacy with the white entitlement as well as cultural land desecrations of the Bundy movement. <i>Standoff</i> is a powerful, illuminating book. <br>--<b>LOUISE ERDRICH</b>, author of <i>The Night Watchman</i> <p/>Jacqueline Keeler weaves personal experience, cultural awareness, and journalistic acumen to tell a compelling story that compares and contrasts two modern and historic Western encounters between federal land policy and the people who inhabit these lands. 'Whose land is it anyway?' Keeler ultimately asks, and finding the answer is a task that requires deep reflection from all of us who share these magnificent vistas. <br>--<b>CHRIS LA TRAY</b>, author of <i>Becoming Little Shell</i> <p/>Environmental activists, Indigenous rights activists, and allies should take note of the challenging, unjust, and at times beautiful accounts shared here, which illuminate the complexity of what it means to stand in solidarity in a colonial state. <br>--<b>MARISA ELENA DUARTE</b>, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University School of Social Transformation <p/>Jacqueline Keeler, a master storyteller and reporter, crafts a knotty skein, twining together family traditions, Native and colonial histories, personal experiences, and crackerjack journalism. <i>Standoff</i> explores inequity and entitlement, seeking answers to what American land means to cultures with divergent values and uneven advantages. <br>--<b>BETSY GAINES QUAMMEN</b>, author of <i>American Zion</i> <p/><i>Standoff</i> has the potential to launch a trend of orderly and pertinent analysis of the societal, cultural and structural issues that provide the context within which today's Indian Movement(s) operate and presents a challenge to Indian people whether we continue to play the game of accepting our 'place' in America or define who we are and what we want to be. <br>--<b>SAM DELORIA</b>, law professor emeritus, University of New Mexico <p/>This is the kind of book we owe to young Indigenous kids. They deserve the truth, even if it hurts, and this brave, well-sourced journalism deserves to be named for what it will go down in history as: perhaps the most in-depth look at the #NoDAPL movement, coming from where it should: your nation and from within Indian country. <br>--<b>DESIREE KANE</b>, journalist<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>JACQUELINE KEELER</b> is a Dine/Ihanktonwan Dakota writer living in Portland, Oregon. She is editor of the anthology <i>Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears</i> and has contributed to many publications including <i>The Nation</i>, <i>Yes!</i> magazine, and <i>Salon</i>.
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