Gather your people,
get rooted

Gather your people,

get rooted

A Collective Reading Invitation for American Indigenous Democracy:
A Call for Interdependence

A Collective Reading Invitation for American Indigenous Democracy:
A Call for Interdependence

In this milestone 250th year of the United States the elders and authors of this book invite us all to reignite the people's discussion of democracy, and explore what Indigenous democratic traditions can teach us about building a more peaceful, just, and life-affirming future.

Join us this Summer...

Join us this Summer...

  • Gather your people

  • Read the book.

  • Ask deeper questions.

  • Listen with a good mind.

  • Carry the teachings forward.

  • Practice Reciprocity.

  • Gather your people

  • Read the book.

  • Ask deeper questions.

  • Listen with a good mind.

  • Carry the teachings forward.

  • Practice Reciprocity.

Read the Book

Order direct from Guani Press, request the book at your favorite library or bookshop, or order it online and support your local bookstore via Bookshop.org.

And if you're reading alone, sign up to stay connected with a larger collective of readers with questions prompts and special event invites through the summer and fall.

Order direct from Guani Press, request the book at your favorite library or bookshop, or order it online and support your local bookstore via Bookshop.org.

And if you're reading alone, sign up to stay connected with a larger collective of readers with questions prompts and special event invites through the summer and fall.

Read the Book

Order direct from Guani Press, request the book at your favorite library or bookshop, or order it online and support your local bookstore via Bookshop.org.

And if you're reading alone, sign up to stay connected with a larger collective of readers with questions prompts and special event invites through the summer and fall.

Start a Reading Group

Start a Reading Group

Invite three people. Host a small circle. Or organize an extended multi-session discussion around the book. Whatever might feel right, we’re here to help you read and engage with others – we'll send you a discussion guide with reflection prompts, and simple tools to help you start your own reading group this summer or fall.

Bring the Book to Your Org or Book Club

Bring the Book to Your Org or
Book Club

Bring the Book to Your Org or Book Club

In a year full of commemoration, we invite communities to gather for truth, repair, care, and reciprocity. For large book clubs, libraries, universities, faith groups, civic groups, alumni groups, workplaces, and community organizations – this book can help support deeper conversations about where we are as a nation and what comes next.

Sign up to receive a discussion guide with reflection prompts to help you facilitate great conversations with your community, and special opportunities to connect with the elders and authors this summer and fall.

This book offers a starting point for groups exploring:

This book offers a starting point for groups exploring:

Indigenous democracy

Indigenous democracy

Interdependence

Interdependence

Matrilineal wisdom

Matrilineal wisdom

Civic renewal

Civic renewal

Peace and peacemaking

Peace and peacemaking

Healing and care

Healing and care

Climate and ecological responsibility

Climate and ecological responsibility

Democracy beyond elections

Democracy beyond elections

Responsibility to future generations

Responsibility to future generations