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Author Blanco, Victoria, author.

Title Out of the Sierra : a story of Rarámuri resistance / Victoria Blanco.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2024.
©2024

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 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  972.16 BLANCO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  972 BLA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - New Materials  972.16 BLANCO    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - New Materials  972.16 BLA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials  972.16 BLANCO    Check Shelf
Description 307 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary "A displaced family charts a path forward in this testament to the power of perseverance and the many forms resistance can take. The Rarámuri people of Chihuahua, Mexico, make up one of the largest Indigenous tribes of North America. Renowned for maintaining their language and cultural traditions in the face of colonization, they have weathered numerous hardships--climate disaster, poverty, cultural erasure--that have only worsened during the twenty-first century. Based on more than a decade of oral history and participatory field work, Out of the Sierra paints a vivid and vital portrait of Rarámuri displacement. When drought leaves the Gutiérrez family with nothing to eat, they are faced with the choice many Rarámuris must make: remain and hope for rain and aid, or leave their sacred homeland behind. Luis, Martina, and their children choose to journey from their home in the Sierra Madre mountains toward a new and uncertain future in a government-funded Indigenous settlement. Victoria Blanco considers Indigenous identity with tenderness and intelligence, demanding recognition and justice for the Rarámuri people as they resist assimilation and uphold traditional knowledge in the face of broken systems. In a narrative of unprecedented access and intimacy, Out of the Sierra offers a groundbreaking testimony to human resilience and the power of community"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Tarahumara Indians -- Mexico -- Social life and customs.
Tarahumara Indians -- Mexico -- Social conditions.
Tarahumara Indians -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (Chihuahua) -- Social conditions.
Migration, Internal -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State)
Tarahumara Indians -- Mexico -- Sierra Madre Occidental -- Social conditions.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Employment -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State)
Subject Gutiérrez family.
Indians of Mexico -- Employment -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State)
City and town life -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
Added Title Story of Rarámuri resistance
Other Form: Online version: Blanco, Victoria. Out of the Sierra Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2024 9781566896542 (DLC) 2023053227
ISBN 9781566896535 paperback
1566896533 paperback
9781566896542 electronic book
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