Re-Creating the Circle: The Renewal of American Indian Self-Determination

Re-Creating the Circle: The Renewal of American Indian Self-Determination. By Deborah Hunt, Gregory Cajete, Benjamin Broome, Phyllis Gagnier, and Jonodev Chaudhuri. Edited by LaDonna Harris, Stephen Sachs, and Barbara Morris. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2020 (orig. 2011). xiv + 513 pp. Figures, bibliography, index. $45.00 paper.

Re-Creating the Circle has a lofty goal. It was written to further "the returning of Indigenous peoples and people to effective sovereignty, self-sufficiency, and harmony, that they may revert to living well in their own communities while partnering with their neighbors, the nation, and the world for mutual advancement" (vii). It is also "offered as a tribute" to renowned Comanche leader LaDonna Harris and her...