Inherited Silence: Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind

Synopsis

An insightful look at the historical damages early colonizers of America caused and how their descendants may recognize and heal the harm done to the earth and Indigenous peopleInherited Silence tells the story of beloved land in California’s Napa Valley—how the land fared during the onslaught of colonization and how it fares now in the drought, development, and wildfires that resulted from the colonial mind. Author Louise Dunlap’s ancestors were among the first Europeans to claim ownership of traditional lands of the Wappo people during a period of genocide. As settlers, her ancestors lived the dream of Manifest Destiny, their consciousness changing only gradually over the generations.When Dunlap’s generation inherited the land, she began to wonder about its unspoken past. What kept her ancestors from seeing and telling the truth of their history? What had they brought west with them from the very earliest colonial experience in New England? Dunlap looks back into California’s and America’s history for the key to their silences and a way to heal the wounds of the land, its original people, and the harmful mind of the colonizer.It’s a powerful story that will awaken others to consider their own ancestors’ role in colonization and encourage them to begin reparations for the destructive actions of those who came before. More broadly, it offers ways every reader can evaluate their own current life actions and the lasting impact they can have on society and our planet.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

240 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781613321720

Publisher:

New Village Press

Date of Addition:

02/22/23

Copyrighted By:

Louise Dunlap.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Religion and Spirituality, Earth Sciences, Philosophy

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.