Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Lapointe, Sasha
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Lapointe, Sasha

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women...
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Author: Sasha Lapointe
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Lapointe, Sasha

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

$55.99 $29.06
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Lapointe, Sasha

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

$55.99 $29.06
Author: Sasha Lapointe
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent home

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe has always longed for a sense of home. When she was a child, her family moved around frequently, often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers, dangerous places for young Sasha.

With little more to guide her than a passion for the thriving punk scene of the Pacific Northwest and a desire to live up to the responsibility of being the namesake of her beloved great-grandmother--a linguist who helped preserve her Indigenous language of Lushootseed--Sasha throws herself headlong into the world, determined to build a better future for herself and her people.

Set against a backdrop of the breathtaking beauty of Coast Salish ancestral land and imbued with the universal spirit of punk, Red Paint is ultimately a story of the ways we learn to find our true selves while fighting for our right to claim a place of our own.

Examining what it means to be vulnerable in love and in art, Sasha offers up an unblinking reckoning with personal traumas amplified by the collective historical traumas of colonialism and genocide that continue to haunt native peoples. Red Paint is an intersectional autobiography of lineage, resilience, and, above all, the ability to heal.

Author: Sasha Lapointe
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.87h x 4.96w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781640095885

About the Author
Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe is a Coast Salish author from the Nooksack and Upper Skagit Indian tribes. She received a double MFA in Creative Nonfiction and Poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She lives in Tacoma, Washington.
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