51�Թ�

But the earliest history of deportation in the U.S. began with the pushing out or slaughtering of the indigenous Native American population in order to clear the land for white settlement.

The scientific findings of Suzanne Simard that trees are linked into vast underground networks inform Powers’ novel about white settlement of the American continent.

"I think it's to our detriment that we have not been able to really adhere to the deep-time, vibrant history that came before white settlement."

In December 2019, a man shot and killed two people during a church service at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort Worth.

The White Settlement church formed a volunteer security team in response to that law.