Wampanaog Author Joseph Lee
FRESH AIR INTERVIEW👆 Finding Your Ancestors in the Archives PHOTO: Author Joseph Lee. (Photo/Aslan Chalom) By Shaun Griswold | July 19, 2025 Yahoo News Summer memories of running with cousins in Zuni mud — all the weekends I spent at my Auntie Paula’s home on the Zuni Pueblo — return as I read Joseph Lee’s book Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity . A mixture of memoir, reportage and commentary, it documents Lee’s family history, describing how land and ancestry forged strong links to his Aquinnah Wampanoag home on Martha’s Vineyard. Lee’s stories echoed my own rez dirt memories, layers of loving Indigenous relationships with foundations deeper than any historical record. [Editor's Note: This column originally appeared in "High Country News. Used with permission. All rights reserved.] Lee spoke with High Country...
