{"product_id":"when-we-are-kin-the-history-and-future-of-afro-indigenous-solidarity","title":"When We Are Kin: The History and Future of Afro-Indigenous Solidarity","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Kyle T. Mays\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaymarket Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/26\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e9798888905968\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold vision for a Black and Indigenous future rooted in real solidarity, a future that exists beyond the confines of the liberal imagination\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrent advocates of reparations for slavery and land back often fail to scrutinize racial capitalism and settler colonialism, instead accepting that their destinies will forever be tied to US empire. But as scholar Kyle T. Mays insists in \u003cem\u003eWhen We Are Kin\u003c\/em\u003e, we can and should demand a kind of repair that goes beyond a white supremacist idea of what justice can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a series of short essays, Mays traces the history of alliances between Black and Indigenous movements; outlines the limitations of certain demands for reparations, including cash payments, that do not fundamentally critique racial-settler capitalism; and interrogates contemporary land back initiatives that fail to fully address decolonization. Along the way, he asks, What does solidarity look like between Black and Indigenous peoples in the United States? Can we find ways to co-belong and co-resist on Turtle Island?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the Anishinaabe philosophy of \u003cem\u003emino-bimaadiziwin\u003c\/em\u003e (the good life), Mays argues that we can resist as kin only when we center the land in building our collective futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kyle Mays ain't playin'. With courage, concision, and candor, \u003cem\u003eWhen We Are Kin\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare hard truths about the limits of reparations and sovereignty without decolonization and the dismantling of racial-settler capitalism. But this is not a takedown. On the contrary, it is a clarion call to deepen Black and Indigenous solidarity by understanding the complexities of our braided histories, abandoning liberal notions of property, and fighting for our liberation--\u003cem\u003etogether\u003c\/em\u003e.\"--Robin D. G. Kelley, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/copy-of-freedom-dreams-the-black-radical-imagination\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWhen We Are Kin\u003c\/em\u003e is rigorous, unflinching, and deeply rooted in Afro-Indigenous love, memory, and accountability. This book is not just history; it is a call to action, a refusal to let white supremacy script our relationships to land, kinship, or one another.\"--Dr. Jessica Hernandez, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/fresh-banana-leaves-healing-indigenous-landscapes-through-indigenous-science?variant=40551872036915\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kyle Mays has mastered the art of simplifying unnecessary jargon and complicating the half-truths that we take at face value. In \u003cem\u003eWhen We Are Kin\u003c\/em\u003e, he makes the best case for Afro-Indigenous solidarity and asks us to reconsider justice and equity on our terms. I will be thinking about this book for quite some time!\"--Brea Baker, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/rooted-the-american-legacy-of-land-theft-and-the-modern-movement-for-black-land-ownership\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book gets right to the heart of the matter: Black and Indigenous liberation is intertwined, and the struggle for collective liberation will take all of us. Mays's vision maps out what we owe one another as we do the work of getting free.\"--Robyn Maynard, author of \u003cem\u003ePolicing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present\u003c\/em\u003e and co-author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/rehearsals-for-living\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRehearsals for Living\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKyle T. Mays\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Afro-Indigenous (Saginaw Chippewa) writer and scholar. He is a professor of African American studies, American Indian studies, and history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author or co-author of four books, including \u003cem\u003eRethinking the Red Power \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMovement \u003c\/em\u003e(with Sam Hitchmough), \u003cem\u003eCity of Dispossessions: Indigenous Peoples, African \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmericans, and the Creation of Modern Detroit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/afro-indigenous-history-pb?variant=45782074392859\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Afro-Indigenous History of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnited States\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndigenous North America\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52341855093019,"sku":"When We Are Kin","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9798888905968.jpg?v=1781633361","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/when-we-are-kin-the-history-and-future-of-afro-indigenous-solidarity","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}