The Book Prize Index

Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity

Joseph Lee

From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, a sweeping, personal exploration of Indigenous identity and the challenges facing Indigenous people around the world. 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.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · medium confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityKeyword Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityTopic Classifier: Black History & Culture -> Race & EthnicityBlack History & CultureMigration & DiasporaIndigenous History

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction2026FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Martha’s Vineyard72%
    • Aquinnah45%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Indigenous identity is shaped by community power and displacement pressures, and Lee argues that affordability and off-island living threaten tribal continuity while prompting new ways for the community to grow.

    Model confidence 58%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 71%.