By the Fire We Carry

‘A fascinating book and an important one. Nagle is skilled at explaining the intricacies of the legal arguments in terms that a layperson can understand… She compellingly describes not only the historical wrongs committed against Indigenous peoples, but also how we can’t excuse those wrongs by assuming that they were acceptable to their contemporaries because of some kind of lesser moral standard’

Washington Post

‘Breathtaking: essential reading for anyone yet to understand who US law exists to serve, and who it exists to exploit. Nagle’s book achieves impeccable balance; it’s a call for hope which still never loses sight of the labour and blood underpinning every victory in this rigged system. A triumph’

NOREEN MASUD, author of A Flat Place

‘Compellingly told and deeply researched, Nagle’s timely work brilliantly reveals the sweeping and yet profoundly personal consequences of ongoing Indigenous struggles for sovereignty’

CAROLINE DODDS PENNOCK, author of On Savage Shores

‘In a fiery account as chilling as a legal thriller, Rebecca Nagle lays bare centuries of injustice in Oklahoma and the southeastern lands from which the American government exiled her ancestors and thousands of other Indigenous peoples. By the Fire We Carry is a clear and courageous call for justice’

TIYA MILES, author of All That She Carried

‘This is great storytelling, dogged reporting, and a compelling personal tale all wrapped in a book that should live for years to come’

TIMOTHY EGAN, author of A Fever in the Heartland

‘Nagle brings us face-to-face with personal and collective histories and their consequences in a multigenerational story of corruption, betrayal, and the enduring strength of Native resistance. This book is enlightening, enraging, inspiring, and impossible to put down’

IJEOMA OLUO, author of So You Want to Talk About Race

Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning reporter, writer, and citizen of Cherokee Nation. She is the creator and host of Crooked Media’s chart-topping podcast This Land. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Guardian, USA Today, Teen Vogue, and the Huffington Post, among other outlets. Nagle lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.