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The Resource Red Paint

Red Paint

Label
Red Paint
Title
Red Paint
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Subject
Summary
Winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book AwardAn Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent homeSasha taqwšəblu LaPointe has always longed for a sense of home. When she was a child, her family moved around frequently, often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers, dangerous places for young Sasha.With little more to guide her than a passion for the thriving punk scene of the Pacific Northwest and a desire to live up to the responsibility of being the namesake of her beloved great-grandmother—a linguist who helped preserve her Indigenous language of Lushootseed—Sasha throws herself headlong into the world, determined to build a better future for herself and her people.Set against a backdrop of the breathtaking beauty of Coast Salish ancestral land and imbued with the universal spirit of punk, Red Paint is ultimately a story of the ways we learn to find our true selves while fighting for our right to claim a place of our own.Examining what it means to be vulnerable in love and in art, Sasha offers up an unblinking reckoning with personal traumas amplified by the collective historical traumas of colonialism and genocide that continue to haunt native peoples. Red Paint is an intersectional autobiography of lineage, resilience, and, above all, the ability to heal
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LaPointe, Sasha
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Sociology
  • Multi-Cultural
  • Nonfiction
Label
Red Paint
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Publication
Control code
OVERDRIVE:5d095426-8e15-4476-95b1-1157c31760a7
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
Form of item
electronic
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True
Isbn
9781640094154
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True
Specific material designation
optical disk
Label
Red Paint
Publication
Control code
OVERDRIVE:5d095426-8e15-4476-95b1-1157c31760a7
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
Form of item
electronic
http://library.link/vocab/inputERC
True
Isbn
9781640094154
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Specific material designation
optical disk

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