Promise that you will live up to this, it said.

September 30, 2015 8:45 PM

The Fort of Young Saplings: Vanessa Veselka writes about family, the ownership of stories, and the meaning of military victory (or its absence) in the context of her father's adoption by the Kiks.ádi. (Veselka previously and previously, caution on the latter for sexual violence.)
posted by brennen (4 comments total)

This is FANTASTIC. Thank you.

(The Kiks.ádi are Tlingit in Alaska, and Veselka's father was adopted by the Kiks.ádi when she was very small. Her family left not too long after. It's a fascinating piece.)
posted by mwhybark at 11:52 PM on September 30, 2015

The main link won't open for me, but I still remember reading her article about roadside serial killers (the second previous link), which was powerful and chilling.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:52 AM on October 1, 2015

Whew. Fantastic.
posted by Joe in Australia at 6:05 AM on October 1, 2015

There's a relevant post on Rumple's (Mefi's own!) blog about this: The survivor camp of the Russian frigate Neva
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:31 AM on October 7, 2015 [1 favorite]