We Survived the Night
An Indigenous Reckoning
$39.85
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
28 January 2026
Summary
Written in gorgeous, sparse prose, We Survived the Night reads like a novel.
As an infant, Julian Brave NoiseCat’s father was found abandoned in a dumpster. Against all odds, he survived and made it out of his impoverished reservation only to abandon his own son. As a young man, NoiseCat embarks on an unforgettable journey into his family’s past and his people’s present.
Told in the style of a “Coyote Story,” an art form nearly annihilated by colonization, this dazzli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788169370 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788169379 |
| Author: | Julian Brave NoiseCat |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 535g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 138mm x 220mm |
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Critics Review
‘Written in gorgeous, sparse prose, We Survived the Night reads like a novel. Told with a blistering honesty, the truth and grit create a beautifully woven coyote story we haven’t heard before. This is a love letter to Oakland, to the Canim Lake Band Tsq’secen of the Secwepemc Nation, to a father from his son, to the act of being a Native person in the twenty first century finding ways to love even through all that wounds have opened and wrought. With this, Julian Brave NoiseCat has written a book I’ve been waiting my whole life to read.’ - Tommy Orange
Praise for NoiseCat:
‘His words and images take us to places of greater understanding, places where we are invited into the lives, journeys, joys, and sorrows of amazing people who might otherwise go unseen. We are, all of us, broadened and connected by his vital work.’ - The American Mosaic Journalism Prize
‘NoiseCat stands where the currents of climate journalism, advocacy and policy meet. His writing on the environment crackles with reported stories and historical context.’ - TIME Magazine
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer and filmmaker whose award-winning writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and New Yorker, among others. In 2021, he was named to the TIME100 Next list. His documentary, Sugarcane, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where NoiseCat and his co-director won the Directing Award in their category.
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