Joan turns to Ajean

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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground Mojave Joan turns to AjeanA bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from an award winning Haudenosaunee writer. The Mohawk phrase for depression can be roughly translated to "a mind spread out on the ground." In this urgent and visceral work, Alicia Elliott explores how apt a description that is for the ongoing effects of personal, intergenerational, and colonial traumas she and so many Native people have experienced. Elliott's