BY THE FIRE WE CARRY The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

Rebecca Nagle gives a clear and compelling narration of her look into how a small-town murder in the Muscogee Nation led to a significant 2020 Supreme Court case--and the largest restoration of Native tribal land in American history. She shares her extensive research into the history behind this case while also contextualizing its impact on her own nation, the Cherokee, other Oklahoma nations, and democracy itself. Nagle, a journalist whose reporting includes her podcast, "This Land," is a practiced speaker, and she makes complex history accessible to listeners. She weaves the personal and political together as she traces the history of land stolen from Indigenous people, the cultural impacts of those thefts, and what this case means for the future. An illuminating listen. E.E.C. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2024]