Trace Quotes

“Names on the Land carries a sympathetic tone regarding Native peoples, but it is the stories of “those who followed” from Europe that form its core. What troubles me is how some readers embrace these namings as America’s history, “our” heritage, without asking if there might be other narratives, too. Stewart considers “the naming that was before history” in his first chapter, but not so much the importance of place-making in defining Indigenous traditions and identities in a storied land over time.”
― Lauret Savoy, Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape

“Odysseus said, “I belong in the place of my departure and I belong in the place that is my destination”
― Lauret Savoy, Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape

“antebellum”
― Lauret Savoy, Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape