Whiskey Tender: A Memoir Heiltsuk The importance of reliance on

The importance of reliance on the Creator

Shiri Pasternak

buffalo sage and tapping into our spirit guides

and fundamental human wisdom coalesce to provide a genuinely indigenous perspective on current events

Whiskey Tender: A Memoir Heiltsuk The importance of reliance onFinalist for the National Book Award Deborah Jackson Taffa was raised to believe that some sacrifices were necessary to achieve a better life. Her grandparentscitizens of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo tribewere sent to Indian boarding schools run by white missionaries, while her parents were encouraged to take part in governmental job training off the reservation. Assimilation meant relocation, but as Taffa matured into adulthood, she began to