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    We Who Walk the Seven Ways
    A Memoir

    Terra Trevor (Author)

    9781496235183

    Paperback / softback, published 1 May 2023

    230 pages
    21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg

    "Covering topics as diverse as race, religion, and the craft of writing, We Who Walk the Seven Ways is a moving memoir about friendship and identity."-Foreword Reviews
    "We Who Walk the Seven Ways is a tender, deeply personal memoir written by a courageous and searingly honest woman."-Charlotte Hinger, Roundup Magazine
    “Raised to conceal her Native ancestry, Terra Trevor learns from elders to nurture her mixed blood identity and shape her activism in transracial adoption, Indian health and education, and community building. This is an inspiring, heartfelt memoir of one Native woman’s spirit journey from childhood to her own elderhood.”-Robert Bensen, editor of Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education
    “This poignant memoir touches on the trials and tribulations of Terra Trevor, a mixed blood American Indian straddling two races. It’s a book you won’t be able to put down, written with simplicity, grace, and urgency, transcending any expectations. In spite of many obstacles, Trevor is a woman of unimaginable strength and courage. After not being heard as a child, she thankfully found her voice as a writer, and how lucky we are!”-Diana Raab, author of Regina’s Closet and Writing for Bliss
    “The book’s insights are fascinating, and there is a feeling of authenticity throughout. Terra Trevor confronts big (and often tragic) life events with humility and real wisdom. She not only describes how she makes her way through those events but does so in a very pragmatic way. Additionally, the work incorporates a powerful look at the intersections between gender, race, and culture. This is an important story, beautifully told and extremely relevant for these difficult times.”-Margaret Randall, author of I Never Left Home: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary
    "Terra Trevor's book is a gentle invitation to journey with her across decades, an invitation to notice with her as she seeks healing and finds belonging. There were phrases and sentences I underlined, places where I wept, passages that will remain with me as they drew me to insights I'd previously struggled to name. I closed the final pages and knew that in reading this book, I had been the recipient of a generous and much-needed gift. While I can certainly finish a book in a day, I chose to move slowly through this one, letting each idea, each paragraph, each reflection gently spill over me, allowing the pages to alter me in some way."-Patrice Gopo, author of Autumn Song: Essays on Absence

    We Who Walk the Seven Ways is Terra Trevor’s memoir about seeking healing and finding belonging. After she endured a difficult loss, a circle of Native women elders embraced and guided Trevor (Cherokee, Lenape, Seneca, and German) through the seven cycles of life in Indigenous ways. Over three decades, these women lifted her from grief, instructed her in living, and showed her how to age from youth into beauty.

    With tender honesty, Trevor explores how every end is always a beginning. Her reflections on the deep power of women’s friendship, losing a child, reconciling complicated roots, and finding richness in every stage of life show that being an American Indian with a complex lineage is not about being part something, but about being part of something.

    Author’s Note

    1. We Who Walk the Seven Ways

    2. Marie

    3. Ann

    4. Irene

    5. Mary Lou

    6. Back in Those Days

    7. Returning the Gift

    8. The Seven Ways

    9. The Way of This Daughter

    10. Undocumented

    11. Growing Up

    12. Luke

    13. Gary

    14. Leaping into Womanhood

    15. The Way of This Mother

    16. Luke and New Mexico on My Mind

    17. After the First Silent Week

    18. Just Writing

    19. Winter of Hope

    20. The Red Ribbon Bridge

    21. The Winter the Stars Fell

    22. Words Facing West

    23. My Years at the Shelter

    24. The Winter It Came Back

    25. With Nothing Ahead but Sky

    26. Somewhere Southwest of the Middle

    27. Coming Back to the World

    28. Pushing Up the Sky

    29. Growing Old in a Beautiful Way

    30. Water Chores and Rituals

    31. The Landscape Will Teach You Who You Are

    32. Safekeeping

    33. Reading, Living, and My Books

    34. The Winter My Grandfather Apologized

    35. River in the Blood

    36. Back in Those Days in Oklahoma

    37. My Mother

    38. Ann, Wilma, Joy, and Me

    39. My Relationship with Honesty

    40. Searching for a Place to Stand

    41. On the Way Home

    42. The Indigenous Way of Comprehending

    43. On the Medicine Trail

    44. Tangled Thoughts

    45. Winter Count

    46. Forty-Five Winters

    47. Dancing to Remember

    48. Tomol Evening

    49. Returning the Gift to the Sea

    50. Gratitude

    51. November

    52. The Harvest Dinner

    53. Winter of Distance

    Acknowledgments

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