"This is an astonishing work of Indigenous intellectualism and activism–by far the most provocative, defiant, visionary, and generous of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's impressive corpus to date."–Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation), University of British Columbia
"I have learned more about this battered world from reading Leanne Betasamosake Simpson than from almost any writer alive today. A dazzlingly original thinker and an irresistible stylist, Simpson has gifted us with a field guide not to mere political resistance but to deep and holistic transformation. It arrives at the perfect time."–Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything
"A remarkable achievement that illuminates what is possible when we engage in the revolutionary act of indigenous self-love, As We Have Always Done asks the simple question, 'What if no one sided with colonialism?' The many possible answers to that question are reflected in Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's beautifully written book in which she kindly challenges indigenous people to reclaim their lives and bodies from the settler colonial state."–Sarah Deer (Muscogee [Creek] Nation), author of The Beginning and End of Rape
"Incisive. Unmitigated. Inspiring. Simpson gives no quarter to colonialism. No quarter to a nasty Western narrative. She provides a pure, Indigenous lens–a lens that the white man tried to kill and bury. This book is a reminder that they failed in that rotten endeavor. It belongs on every Canadian bookshelf. On every American coffee table. Simpson's words are an affirmation of Indigenous resilience and resolve."–Simon Moya-Smith (Lakota and Chicano), culture editor at Indian Country Media Network