Blending investigative reporting and memoir, Plastic Shaman digs deeply into the longstanding white American desire to seize Native American culture and identity.
Philip J. Deloria,
author of Playing Indian
Maybe you already know that the West was settled by grifters and charlatans, but consummate reporter Annette McGivney shows us the same rackets repackaged with a smudge of sweetgrass and the promise of nirvana.
Mark Sundeen,
author of Delusions & Grandeur
An edifying memoir infused with all the searching introspection and unsparing honesty of an author who is willing to confront the darkness and hypocrisy residing not only within her subject, but also deep inside her own past.
Kevin Fedarko,
author of A Walk in the Park
Early Praise for Plastic Shaman
About Annette
Investigating social justice and environmental issues
for more than two decades
Annette McGivney is an award-winning writer who has been drawn to remote, wild places her entire life. Through her work as a writer, educator and speaker she seeks to inspire others to connect with the natural world, protect public lands, and support Indigenous-led causes.
