![]() ![]() ![]() Is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American-grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. To prove theyd killed Murrieta and collect the five thousand dollar reward put on his headthey cut it off. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. His novel, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, was based on a supposed real-life Mexican bandit from California by the same name, who, in 1853, was killed by a group of Texas rangers. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. “With a literary authority rare in a debut novel, it places Native American voices front and center before readers’ eyes.” -NPR/ġ0 Best Books of the Year and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering bestselling novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. ![]()
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