Right off the bat, I received a copy of this book through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program, and I am grateful to the publisher for the opportunity to read this. I'm also a white settler-descendent living in the territory currently known as the United States.

This book is really solid read on indigenous issues with regard to environmental justice, and how indigenous communities need specific frameworks that are not covered by State initiatives. Gilio-Whitaker crams a LOT into this relatively short book, and somehow makes it all pretty accessible, though there are maybe some terms that could be explained more? (I'm wondering at a US settler-descendent's introduction to settler colonialism through this book, and if they felt like they would understand it.) She manages to use the #NoDAPL protests from 2016 as a solid frame, while not exclusively focusing on or fetishizing what happened there. Her citational practice is super solid, and it's very easy to find more books to read on the topic after hers. Her topics are also cover a lot of ground--not only what we might think of as issues of environmental damage, like toxins etc., but also food sovereignty and tribal sovereignty as well. Overall a really good, accessible book for people interested in understanding issues surrounding environmentalism, environmental justice, and indigenous issues in a fairly complex way.