{"product_id":"the-cost-of-free-land-jews-lakota-and-an-american-inheritance","title":"The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance","description":"Winner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction\nWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Nonfiction\nFinalist for The Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize\nShortlisted for The William Saroyan International Prize\nA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year\n\n\"Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work.\"—The Boston Globe\n\nAn award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors' land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government\n\nGrowing up, Rebecca Clarren only knew the major plot points of her tenacious immigrant family’s origins. Her great-great-grandparents, the Sinykins, and their six children fled antisemitism in Russia and arrived in the United States at the turn of the 20th century, ultimately settling on a 160-acre homestead in South Dakota. Over the next few decades, despite tough years on a merciless prairie and multiple setbacks, the Sinykins became an American immigrant success story.\n\nWhat none of Clarren’s ancestors ever mentioned was that their land, the foundation for much of their wealth, had been cruelly taken from the Lakota by the United States government. By the time the Sinykins moved to South Dakota, America had broken hundreds of treaties with hundreds of Indigenous nations across the continent, and the land that had once been reserved for the seven bands of the Lakota had been diminished, splintered, and handed for free, or practically free, to white settlers. In The Cost of Free Land, Clarren melds investigative reporting with personal family history to reveal the intertwined stories of her family and the Lakota, and the devastating cycle of loss of Indigenous land, culture, and resources that continues today.\n\nWith deep empathy and clarity of purpose, Clarren grapples with the personal and national consequences of this legacy of violence and dispossession. What does it mean to survive oppression only to perpetuate and benefit from the oppression of others? By shining a light on the people and families tangled up in this country’s difficult history, The Cost of Free Land invites readers to consider their own culpability and what, now, can be done.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593655079\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0593655079.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Clarren, Rebecca\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41717380874298,"sku":"DBV.0593655079.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593655079-0.jpg?v=1790908368","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-cost-of-free-land-jews-lakota-and-an-american-inheritance","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}