Essay · Pit River territory, diaspora, and kinship

Gedin Ch-Lum-Nu · Let It Be This Way

On lateral violence, Indigenous diaspora, relation, creation, and repair.

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Central claim

Relation is both the site of injury and the ground of repair; destruction does not create the future that Indigenous community requires.

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Enter the lived concerns that animate The Long Return: belonging, hurt, memory, kinship, and the work of return.

Boundary and status

Christopher Knorr speaks only for himself. The essay does not speak for the Pit River Tribe, any band, family, elder, or official body.

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