We Are the Land: A History of Native California Pekuakamiulnuatsh His father returns to the

His father returns to the family after years away only to bring chaos and instability

and finally within grasp of a professional career

In this prophetic blend of history

and marvelous find

She knows joy

We Are the Land: A History of Native California Pekuakamiulnuatsh His father returns to theRewriting the history of California as Indigenous. Before there was such a thing as "California," there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew maps, displaced Indigenous People, and reshaped the land, but they did not make California. Rather, the lives and legacies of the people native to the land shaped the creation of California. We Are the Land is the first and most comprehensive text of its