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May 20, 2021 Megan Botel THE WASHINGTON POST – In 1980, when fourth-grader Quirina Geary’s class learned about Spanish missions and the Native American tribes they conquered, she proudly announced that her family was part of the Mutsun tribe, which lived for thousands of years in what is nowCentral California. But when her classmates asked her to speak in her native tongue, she froze. Despite growing up with many Indigenous traditions – she foraged for mushrooms and gathered acorns, her father fed the family with hunted deer, they lived intergenerationally and with extended family – s...

These Native American women are reclaiming a ‘stolen’ part of their identity: Their language With half of the nation’s native languages extinct, these women are dedicating their lives to preserving theirs Quirina Geary with her daughter, Niyatsatha Geary, 9, at her home in Clearlake Oaks, Calif. (Rachel Bujalski for The Washington Post) Megan Botel 9:48 AM In 1980, when fourth-grader Quirina Geary’s class learned about Spanish missions and the Native American tribes they conquered, she proudly announced that her family was part of the Mutsun tribe, who lived in Central California ...

Pegasus: 368 pages, $26 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. No matter where you live or what you celebrate, the December lull offers an irresistible tableau: you, a beverage of your choice and a good book, curled up by a fire. Perhaps it’s a hammock or a beach towel, but even without a hearth, there’s something classic about the perfect fireside book — more often than not, a cozy mystery. No gore, just a clean puzzle to solve. Arriving like fine British clockwork at the end of this very uncozy...