And I think that what happens between these two families is an act of - I would guess - restorative justice that comes about between people in a very natural sort of way. And so this is about the working out of justice.
To further complicate our designations, let's throw in the word "indigenous." You know, incorporating indigenous justice with the justice that is the dominant culture's justice is something that really has been fought out. On the way the book explores the push-pull of incorporating Indian traditions into the dominant American culture and vice versa My grandmother adopted children who were in trouble for small periods of time, and then they went back to their families and they were a lot better for having been cared for during that difficult time. But that's really the way families work in native settings. You know, this was not how things operated. For a while, the fact that children could be adopted within the family - could be living with aunts or uncles or grandparents - was really appalling to social services. In many ways, tribal family ties are extremely close but much more fluid than, say, the dominant culture might understand. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title LaRose Author Louise Erdrich
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