Spirit Run: A 6000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who “slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives.” A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez struggled to fit in.



At nineteen, he learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys, epic marathons meant...