Drowning in Fire religion and the waters over millennia

and the waters over millennia

Luger and Collins share intimate stories from their life journeys growing up in tribal communities

University of Minnesota Duluth

which stands in stark contrast to the politics of cultural recognition

Drowning in Fire religion and the waters over millenniaJosh Henneha has always been a traveler, drowning in dreams, burning with desires. As a young boy growing up within the Muskogee Creek Nation in rural Oklahoma, Josh experiences a yearning for something he cannot tame. Quiet and skinny and shy, he feels out of place, at once inflamed and ashamed by his attraction to other boys. Driven by a need to understand himself and his history, Josh struggles to reconcile the conflicting voices he hearsfrom the