Testimonials
” "Some people are aware of the impact Native cultures had on the development of the US. The vast majority are not. Original Politics finds a unique way of telling the true story."
- — Harlan McKosato (Sac and Fox Nation), former host of the nationally syndicated radio show Native America Calling
” “Parry’s richly-textured book holds out hope and guidance for this moment of political conflict over diversity amid fear for the continuation of life on the planet. Inviting us to see how this challenge is the stimulus to transform the conflict into unity of purpose, the author provides us with a roadmap for how to do it through a new worldview that reestablishes an Indigenous connection with the natural world. This worldview privileges place over time, relationship over product, and revalues the feminine, enabling us to rebalance culturally and ensure the survival of life on the planet.”
- — Sally Roesch Wagner, founding director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation and author of Sisters in Spirit: Haudenosaunee Influence on Early American Feminists and The Women’s Suffrage Movement.
” “Thank you, thank you, Niawen (in Mohawk), K'olabal (in Maya Tzotzil), muchas gracias, merci beaucoup, to you. If all "white" people held such a deep consciousness for Natives as you do, the world would already be truly blessed and sacred. There is no way one can say neutral when reading you, I'm crying, I'm touched, shaking and totally stirred up! This is all so good in spirit.”
- — Ohki Simine Forest (Canadian Mohawk), author of Dreaming the Council Ways
” “In a fractured time when a rude politics of nationalism rides in the high saddle as the climate crisis and many other environmental problems demand effective international co-operation, the world needs Glenn Aparicio Parry’s Original Politics: Making America Sacred Again. Engagingly written, mixing the best of the past and present, the indigenous and immigrant, appreciating everyone’s beauty: that is how we forge a sustainable future. Parry traces a path. Life on Earth will be better if everyone — everyone, regardless of race, religion, and class — re-learns what many indigenous ancestors call “the original instructions.” Read this book, enjoy it, and pass the word: we cooperate, or we face a hot, miserable future world squabbling over toxic crumbs.”
- — Bruce E. Johansen, author of Forgotten Founders: How the American Indian Helped Shape Democracy and The Iroquois: The History & Culture of Native Americans.
” “In a brilliant historical retelling, Original Politics makes clear that America's sacred legacy — while appearing to have fallen in the ditch of a crude and phony populism — is destined to be a thriving pluralistic democracy and a sanctuary of ecological values."
- — James O'Dea, former president of The Institute of Noetic Sciences and author of Cultivating Peace and The Conscious Activist.