A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
Kaitlin Curtice reflects on Potawatomi identity, land, ancestry, motherhood, belonging, and spirituality after formation in white evangelical Christianity. Blending memoir, poetry, history, and prayer, she describes reconnecting with Indigenous identity while discerning what can be carried, healed, or relinquished from Christian inheritance.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It gives travelers a located account of spiritual change where identity, land, colonization, and family cannot be separated into different shelves. Curtice's story complicates both easy departure and easy reconciliation, showing decolonization as relationship and responsibility rather than a new aesthetic. The book also creates a needed Indigenous Christian doorway without assigning one author representative authority.
Good starting place if…
You want a Potawatomi and Christian reflection on identity, land, ancestry, belonging, and decolonization and can honor the limits of memoir.
Know before you begin…
This is Curtice's story, not a template for Indigenous spirituality or Indigenous Christianity. Non-Indigenous readers should resist centering their own self-discovery, extracting practices, or claiming kinship through resonance. The book addresses colonial violence, racism, religious harm, and contested belonging; its invitation should lead toward accountability and nation-specific voices.