{"product_id":"by-the-fire-we-carry-the-generationslong-fight-for-justice-on-native-land-isbn-9780063112049","title":"By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"No part of the judiciary exposes the chasm between American ideals and institutional practice like federal Indian law. In\u003cem\u003e By the Fire We Carry\u003c\/em\u003e, Nagle, a Cherokee journalist, turns a case most Americans haven’t heard of into a legal thriller.\" —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e’s Best Books of 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Top 10 Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• NPR 2024 “Books We Loved” Pick • \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003eBest Nonfiction of 2024 •\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard First Book Prize \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“impeccably researched” (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation’s earliest days, and a small-town murder in the 1990s that led to a Supreme Court ruling reaffirming Native rights to that land more than a century later.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore 2020, American Indian reservations made up roughly 55 million acres of land in the United States. Nearly 200 million acres are reserved for National Forests—in the emergence of this great nation, our government set aside more land for trees than for Indigenous peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1830s Muscogee people were rounded up by the US military at gunpoint and forced into exile halfway across the continent. At the time, they were promised this new land would be theirs for as long as the grass grew and the waters ran. But that promise was not kept. When Oklahoma was created on top of Muscogee land, the new state claimed their reservation no longer existed. Over a century later, a Muscogee citizen was sentenced to death for murdering another Muscogee citizen on tribal land. His defense attorneys argued the murder occurred on the reservation of his tribe, and therefore Oklahoma didn’t have the jurisdiction to execute him. Oklahoma asserted that the reservation no longer existed. In the summer of 2020, the Supreme Court settled the dispute. Its ruling that would ultimately underpin multiple reservations covering almost half the land in Oklahoma, including Nagle’s own Cherokee Nation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere Rebecca Nagle recounts the generations-long fight for tribal land and sovereignty in eastern Oklahoma. By chronicling both the contemporary legal battle and historic acts of Indigenous resistance, \u003cem\u003eBy the Fire We Carry\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a landmark work of American history. The story it tells exposes both the wrongs that our nation has committed and the Native-led battle for justice that has shaped our country. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A powerful work of reportage and American history…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNext Big Idea Club, September 2024 Must-Read Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rebecca Nagle delivers a true life legal thriller with rare ambition and scope. \u003cem\u003e. . .\u003c\/em\u003e One of the best books of the year.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade, 30 Best New Book Releases This Month\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] gripping legal thriller . . . . This is essential reading on American history.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e425 Magazine, 3 Books to Fall for This September\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This powerful, important story is a must-read addition to any American's historical education.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople, Best Books of September 2024\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nagle is skilled at explaining the intricacies of the legal arguments in terms that a layperson can understand. . . . She compellingly describes not only the historical wrongs committed against Indigenous peoples, but also how we can’t excuse those wrongs by assuming that they were acceptable to their contemporaries because of some kind of lesser moral standard. . . . Impeccably researched. . . . A fascinating book and an important one.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nagle's gripping historical and legal chronicle sheds light on a centuries-long struggle for Indigenous sovereignty and tribal land in Oklahoma.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant, kaleidoscopic debut. . . . A showstopper.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Essential reading for considering how the country can end this cycle of irreparable damage and move toward a more just future.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No part of the judiciary exposes the chasm between American ideals and institutional practice like federal Indian law. In\u003cem\u003e By the Fire We Carry\u003c\/em\u003e, Nagle, a Cherokee journalist, turns a case most Americans haven’t heard of into a legal thriller.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A vital account. . . . With precision and ease, Nagle defines and contextualizes legal terms and historical figures, allowing the reader to gain footholds for exploration and discussion as well as pass judgment on the supposed impartial nature of the American government and Supreme Court….essential reading for considering how the country can end this cycle of irreparable damage and move toward a more just future.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] fascinating history of Native American land, the U.S. government’s broken promises and outright theft of said land, and the legal battles fought by Indigenous peoples to reclaim what is theirs.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlana Masad, NPR’s Books We Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerful history. . . . Blending reportage and historical research into a propulsive narrative that reads like a legal thriller. . . . Detailed and impassioned, it’s a gripping corrective to the historical record, and not to be missed.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Terrific. . . . Nagle writes with sensitivity and empathy for the Native American communities she grew up in and around.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A clear and compelling narration. . . Nagle, a journalist whose reporting includes her podcast, \u003cem\u003eThis Land\u003c\/em\u003e, is a practiced speaker, and she makes complex history accessible to listeners. She weaves the personal and political together into an illuminating listen.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub, \"AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of November\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richly reported.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Briefly Noted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…deeply felt, crisply written, and superbly knowledgeable.  Any lawyer involved with Indian law should read this book.  So should anyone who wants to appreciate the history of the American frontier – both what white settlers won, and what America’s native peoples held on to. And so should those of us who live in Lafayette County, in the solid corner of northeastern Mississippi that the Chickasaw ceded, and or the broad arc of territory that the Choctaw surrendered, before they were removed.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] brilliant, kaleidoscopic debut. . . . Nagle’s narrative is lucid and moving . . . . a showstopper.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this thrilling legal exposé, investigative journalist Nagle uses her exemplary skills to scrutinize the Supreme Court case, McGirt vs Oklahoma. . . . Combining impeccable research with rich detail and scintillating prose, Nagle tells a story that is two hundred years in the making and enormously relevant today. Excellent for book groups; fans of Patrick Radden Keefe and David Grann will be transfixed. . . . [This is an] important topic made electric by Nagle's dogged reporting and suspense as riveting as a Michael Connelly courtroom drama.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Breathtaking: essential reading for anyone yet to understand who US law exists to serve, and who it exists to exploit. Nagle’s book achieves impeccable balance; it’s a call for hope which still never loses sight of the labor and blood underpinning every victory in this rigged system. A triumph.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoreen Masud, author of A Flat Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compellingly told and deeply researched, Nagle’s timely work brilliantly reveals the sweeping and yet profoundly personal consequences of ongoing Indigenous struggles for sovereignty.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline Dodds Pennock, author of On Savage Shores\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Part legal page-turner, part her own compelling family saga, and part eloquent lament for the horrific way our nation has treated Native Americans over the centuries, Rebecca Nagle’s \u003cem\u003eBy the Fire We Carr\u003c\/em\u003ey has also given us something exceedingly rare—a story about Native Americans in the Supreme Court in which the good guys actually win.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Cohen, author of Supreme Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Spanning several centuries and covering topics ranging from the rights of impoverished Native criminal defendants to the Indian law jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court, \u003cem\u003eBy the Fire We Carry \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for the American public.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Deer, JD;enrolled citizen, Muscogee (Creek) Nation;author of The Beginning and End of Rape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With a veteran storyteller’s talent and the easy first-person narration of a family memoirist, Nagle shows how the tragic political legacy tribes have been given continues to disrupt Native communities today.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin K. Washburn, dean, University of Iowa College of Law;citizen of the Chickasaw Nation;former assistant secretary for Indian Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I cannot think of a book that more powerfully illustrates that the past is never dead. \u003cem\u003eBy the Fire We Carry \u003c\/em\u003eis a triumph.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“By The Fire We Carry \u003c\/em\u003eis history come alive, an intelligent and personal story about justice. Rebecca Nagle is at her best as a deft journalist and storyteller.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNick Estes, author of Our History Is the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nagle gracefully carries readers back and forth through time, explaining the history of the Five Tribes before and after the Trail of Tears, the evolution of U.S. policy toward Native Americans, and the unique peculiarities of Indian law…. She is just as careful to elucidate the technicalities of court procedure, helping readers understand how a death-row appeal on jurisdictional grounds led to `the largest restoration of Indigenous land in US history.’ The legal arcana are dense, but Nagle’s writing is not. With restrained passion she exposes one injustice after another…. Gripping, infuriating, and illuminating—a valuable corrective to our national ignorance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A narrative as propulsive and affecting as it is infuriating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Nagle’s] historical analysis, combined with her commentary on the endurance of contemporary Native American activism, provided a unique and fresh perspective on the issue of trivial sovereignty, leaving a powerful message of hope and determination.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Harvard Crimson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a fiery account as chilling as a legal thriller, Rebecca Nagle lays bare centuries of injustice in Oklahoma and the southeastern lands from which the American government exiled her ancestors and thousands of other Indigenous peoples. \u003cem\u003eBy the Fire We Carry \u003c\/em\u003eis a clear and courageous call for justice.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTiya Miles, author of All That She Carried and Ties That Bind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nagle brings us face-to-face with personal and collective histories and their consequences in a multigenerational story of corruption, betrayal, and the enduring strength of Native resistance. This book is enlightening, enraging, inspiring, and impossible to put down.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIjeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is brilliant journalism and exceptional history. In the best tradition of social justice writing, it challenges the head, breaks the heart, and offers hope for the future.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip J. 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