miocenemama's review
4.0
This is the story of the author's great-grandfather and his role in helping the Yaquis of Old Pascua, a neighborhood of Tuscon, gain ownership of their land and recognition by the US government. It explains his role in helping the community build a clinic and community center and work on a trilingual newspaper to represent the Mexican, American, and Yaqui populations of the area. I found it a little hard to follow. It seemed to jump around some. But it was an interesting and untold story. It was also interesting that, while the author wrote it to tell the stories of his family's accomplishments, he did not gloss over their faults.
thecommonswings's review
3.0
A fascinating story but sadly one with sluggish writing and weirdly static art. I like the style of the artwork but everyone looks like they’re paused in terms of their strange body language so the whole effect is kind of muddled. It deserves some judicious editing and some fire in its belly, and it surprises me it is less incendiary considering the subject matter. A real labour of love though and I do particularly love the appendices
maraijabech's review
4.0
I chose this one because I didn't know much about this history and because this was based on real lives and events.
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