07/20/2026
We're excited to shake up this month's Native Book Club location and visit the GoggleWorks Gardens! 🌱
We hope to see you at book club at the GoggleWorks Gardens pavilion tomorrow, Tuesday, July 21st at 5:30 p.m. Join us for a lively discussion of the themes in Nothing More of This Land: Community Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee. Whether or not you read the book, we invite you to be part of our community's conversation exploring our understanding of Indigenous identity.
Garden address is 247 Walnut Street, Reading, PA 19601. Free parking available in GoggleWorks parking lot across the street!
📖 About the book:
Before Martha’s Vineyard became one of the most iconic vacation destinations in the country, it was home to the Wampanoag people. Today, as tourists flock to the idyllic beaches, the island has become increasingly unaffordable for tribal members, with nearly three-quarters now living off-island. Growing up Aquinnah Wampanoag, journalist Joseph Lee grappled with what this situation meant for his tribe, how the community can continue to grow, and more broadly, what it means to be Indigenous.
In Nothing More of This Land, Lee weaves his own story and that of his family into a panoramic narrative of Indigenous life around the world. He takes us from the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard to the icy Alaskan tundra, the smoky forests of Northern California to the halls of the United Nations, and beyond. Along the way he meets activists fighting to protect their land, families clashing with their own tribal leaders, and communities working to reclaim tradition.
Together, these stories reject stereotypes to show the diversity of Indigenous people today and chart a way past the stubborn legacy of colonialism.
