Fight Back: For the Sake of the People, For the Sake of the Land

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"Fight Back: For the Sake of the People, For the Sake of the Land" is a seminal collection of poetry and prose by Acoma Pueblo writer Simon J. Ortiz that confronts colonialism and affirms Indigenous resistance, identity, and connection to land.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
prose collection ⓘ
affirms Indigenous cultural continuity ⓘ
Indigenous resistance ⓘ
relationship between people and land ⓘ
associatedWith Acoma Pueblo ⓘ
author Simon J. Ortiz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts effects of colonialism on Native communities ⓘ
describedAs key text in Native American studies ⓘ
seminal work of Indigenous literature ⓘ
explores community resilience ⓘ
historical trauma ⓘ
language as a site of resistance ⓘ
focusesOn Acoma Pueblo experience ⓘ
Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ
genre Indigenous literature ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
resistance literature ⓘ
hasForm lyric poems ⓘ
prose pieces ⓘ
short poems ⓘ
hasPerspective Indigenous ⓘ
hasTone affirmative of Indigenous life ⓘ
politically engaged ⓘ
urgent ⓘ
intendedAudience readers of Indigenous and decolonial literature ⓘ
intendedTo affirm Indigenous identity ⓘ
affirm connection to land ⓘ
confront colonialism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Native American Renaissance ⓘ
mainTheme Indigenous identity ⓘ
Indigenous sovereignty ⓘ
anti-colonial resistance ⓘ
colonial violence ⓘ
connection to land ⓘ
cultural survival ⓘ
politicalOrientation anti-colonial ⓘ
pro-Indigenous self-determination ⓘ
usedIn courses on Indigenous studies ⓘ
courses on postcolonial literature ⓘ
university courses on Native American literature ⓘ

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