The Hiawatha

The HiawathaAn elegy to the American dream, and to the sometimes tragic experience of the Native Americans who helped to build it, The Hiawatha is both a moving portrait of a family, and a fast paced, page turning literary mystery of murder and redemption. Recently widowed, and encouraged by government relocation schemes to move Native Americans off their reservations, Betty takes her four young children from their Ojibwe roots to make a new life in Minneapolis.

their family and national histories

of animals

an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones

and restaurateurs comes richly to life in this fascinating book

who had been presumed dead

when he was reunited with his father

When It Rains was one of the earliest published literary works in the O'odham language

and follow the glorious rise of Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner as well as his unexpected fall from grace

award-winning investigative journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this small northern city that has come to manifest Canada's long struggle with human rights violations against indigenous communities

Mihesuah eventually returned home to Oklahoma

All cultures and communities narrated and documented their histories and imaginations through a variety of media

As the narrative unfolds