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What Side Are You on?

A Tohono O'odham Life Across Borders

Michael Steven Wilson José Antonio Lucero

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English
The University of North Carolina Press
04 June 2024
Renowned human rights activist Michael ""Mike"" Wilson has borne witness to the profound human costs of poverty, racism, border policing, and the legacies of colonialism. From a childhood in the mining town of Ajo, Arizona, Wilson's life journey led him to US military service in Central America, seminary education, and religious and human rights activism against the abuses of US immigration policies. With increased militarization of the US-Mexico border, migration across the Tohono O'odham Nation surged, as did migrant deaths and violent encounters between tribal citizens and US Border Patrol agents. When Wilson's religious and ethical commitments led him to set up water stations for migrants on the Nation's lands, it brought him into conflict not only with the US government but also with his own tribal and religious communities.

This richly textured and collaboratively written memoir brings Wilson's experiences to life. Joining Wilson as coauthor, Jose Antonio Lucero adds political and historical context to Wilson's personal narrative. Together they offer a highly original portrait of an O'odham life across borders that sheds light on the struggles and resilience of Native peoples across the Americas.
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Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   272g
ISBN:   9781469675589
ISBN 10:   1469675587
Series:   Critical Indigeneities
Pages:   214
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Michael Steven Wilson (Tohono O'odham) is a human rights activist, US military retiree, and film documentarian. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. Jose Antonio Lucero is chair and professor in the Comparative History of Ideas Department at the University of Washington, Seattle and holds a joint appointment in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

Reviews for What Side Are You on?: A Tohono O'odham Life Across Borders

""Illuminating . . . . shed[s] valuable light on the deep roots of the violence and injustice that reflect and fuel border militarization and the fight against criminalized immigration . . . . [helps] readers to see beyond mainstream framings of migration and border politics, provoking important questions about international mobility, humanitarianism, and solidarity, while pointing the way toward a more just world.""--NACLA Report on the Americas ""Wilson's commitment inspires, and the account is enriched by Lucero's meditations on history and sovereignty, including passages exploring how the U.S. draws and enforces physical and metaphorical boundaries between its "" 'civilization' and [the] 'merciless savagery'"" of both Mexico and Native lands. It's a rewarding chronicle of a remarkable life.""--Publishers Weekly


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