Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk Tongva Lakota Woman was a national

Lakota Woman was a national best seller and winner of the American Book Award

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and other chronic health conditions brought on by genocide and colonial control

an extraordinary craftswoman

and memories of the political past from the seventeenth century to the present

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk Tongva Lakota Woman was a nationalAn Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent home Sasha taqblu LaPointe has always longed for a sense of home. When she was a child, her family moved around frequently, often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers, dangerous places for