With his debut, Joseph Lee, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe, seeks to better understand his Indigenous identity by taking a closer look at the place his ancestors call home. For countless generations, the journalist’s people have lived on the island now known as Martha’s Vineyard, one of the most expensive and exclusive vacation destinations in the U.S. In order to keep control of their land, the tribe has had to survive colonialism, forced cultural assimilation, and, most recently, the growing threat of overtourism. Lee grew up in the suburbs of Boston and only spent his summers on the island. He admits that separation meant he felt disconnected from his Indigenous roots and never really understood “what that survival meant or looked like” for his people. Part memoir, part history, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity follows his quest to understand his family’s centuries-long battle to protect their home, and the toll it has taken. —Shannon Carlin
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