Land Is Kin: Sovereignty, Religious Freedom, and Indigenous Sacred Sites Seneca and the efforts of profiteers

and the efforts of profiteers to control the land and unearth treasure beneath it while the lives of individuals hang in the balance

Foreword by Joseph Boyden

warrior identity

A highly-relatable story for Indigenous kids and any kid that has ever outgrown their favorite thing to wear

the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as:

Land Is Kin: Sovereignty, Religious Freedom, and Indigenous Sacred Sites Seneca and the efforts of profiteersResponding to Vine Deloria, Jr.'s call for all people to "become involved" in the struggle to protect Indigenous sacred sites, Dana Lloyd's Land Is Kin proposes a rethinking of sacred sites, and a rethinking of even land itself. Deloria suggested using the principle of religious freedom, but this principle has failed Indigenous peoples for decades. Lloyd argues that religious freedom fails Indigenous claimants because settler law creates a tension