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A review by cosmicbookworm
We Who Walk the Seven Ways: A Memoir by Terra Trevor
5.0
Humility, gratitude, respect, caring, compassion, honesty, generosity.
I really enjoyed this memoir and appreciate having a look into the window of Trevor’s soul.
American Indian religious practices have often been prohibited by federal laws and government policies. The Indian Removal Act of 1830, The General Allotment Act of 1887 displaced 100s of Native American Tribes from their traditional homelands. Forced assimilation of Native American peoples left them without access to the lands that had traditionally been the sites of other religious ceremonies. Many American Indian children were forced to attend government - or church-operated boarding schools. where children were forbidden to speak their Native languages and forbidden to practice their Native religions, and were mistreated and abused in a myriad of other ways as well. It was not until the 1970’s when Jimmy Carter signed the the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978.
This was the world that Trevor was born into. Terra Trevor is a mixed blood Native American who early on passed as white and later on learned to appreciate the value of her Native Traditions.
She came from a split home, the daughter of a white woman who was only 16 years her senior, and a Native American man who’s father encouraged those who could to pass as white.She and her white husband adopted a son from Korea as their second child, who died a tragic death in his teens. She knows well the ins and outs of mixed race families on many levels, as well as hiding
who she really was in order to get along in life.
Later in life she is mentored in the Native American ways by women who were her elders. She learned the importance of Humility, gratitude, respect, caring, compassion, honesty, generosity.
Trevor gives us valuable insight into the life she has lived and the life experiences of Native Americans who have gone before her to pave the way.
In “We Who Walk the Seven Ways” we are able to walk beside Trevor as she discovers what is really important to her and shows us the importance of being a role model for those who come behnd us.
A very valuable read.
I really enjoyed this memoir and appreciate having a look into the window of Trevor’s soul.
American Indian religious practices have often been prohibited by federal laws and government policies. The Indian Removal Act of 1830, The General Allotment Act of 1887 displaced 100s of Native American Tribes from their traditional homelands. Forced assimilation of Native American peoples left them without access to the lands that had traditionally been the sites of other religious ceremonies. Many American Indian children were forced to attend government - or church-operated boarding schools. where children were forbidden to speak their Native languages and forbidden to practice their Native religions, and were mistreated and abused in a myriad of other ways as well. It was not until the 1970’s when Jimmy Carter signed the the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978.
This was the world that Trevor was born into. Terra Trevor is a mixed blood Native American who early on passed as white and later on learned to appreciate the value of her Native Traditions.
She came from a split home, the daughter of a white woman who was only 16 years her senior, and a Native American man who’s father encouraged those who could to pass as white.She and her white husband adopted a son from Korea as their second child, who died a tragic death in his teens. She knows well the ins and outs of mixed race families on many levels, as well as hiding
who she really was in order to get along in life.
Later in life she is mentored in the Native American ways by women who were her elders. She learned the importance of Humility, gratitude, respect, caring, compassion, honesty, generosity.
Trevor gives us valuable insight into the life she has lived and the life experiences of Native Americans who have gone before her to pave the way.
In “We Who Walk the Seven Ways” we are able to walk beside Trevor as she discovers what is really important to her and shows us the importance of being a role model for those who come behnd us.
A very valuable read.