Now in paperback: a gripping, witty travel memoir that offers &34;a fascinating look at voluntourism from an Indigenous perspective&34; (Book Riot)&34;Ursula Pike's memoir is unlike any other I've read, with her perceptive, always-seeking, and lovely narrative voice.&34; -Susan Straight, author of Mecca&34;This book is alive with a spirit that welcomed mine to meet it.&34; &8212;Elissa Washuta, author of White MagicWhen she was twenty-five, Ursula Pike boarded a plane to Bolivia and began her term of service in the Peace Corps. A member of the Karuk Tribe, Pike sought to make meaningful connections with Indigenous people halfway around the world. But she arrived in La Paz with trepidation as well as excitement, &34;knowing I followed in the footsteps of Western colonizers and missionaries who had also claimed they were there to help.&34; In the following two years, as a series of dramatic episodes brought that tension to a boiling point, she began to ask: What does it mean to have experienced the effects of colonialism firsthand, and yet to risk becoming a colonizing force in turn?