november reads

November has not been my best month health wise, but it’s given me the opportunity to read more, evidenced by my high book count. I did my best to include as many Indigenous authors for First Nations / American Indian Heritage Month as I could depending on what was available at my library (lots ofContinue reading “November Reads”

Review: Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

In a corner, looking over our shoulders, was a statue of the crucified Savior, all bloody and beaten up. Charlene looked up and said, “Look at that poor Indian. The pigs sure worked him over.” That was the closest I ever came to seeing Jesus. – Lakota Dog Summary and Thoughts Mary Brave Bird grewContinue reading “Review: Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog”

Review: The Break by Katherena Vermette

He wants the simplicity of finality, but it’s never like it is in the movies. It always lingers on. Like a song that ends a beat or two before it’s supposed to, it feels like there should be more but there’s nothing, just an empty space and a long, fading echo. – The Break SummaryContinue reading “Review: The Break by Katherena Vermette”

Review: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

He thought of Lucy, shorn and scabby. He thought of Wilfred, alone in the dorm without him. He thought of that big cop who’d dragged him back to the school the last time – the one who wouldn’t believe him about what Brother was doing. He thought of his mom. A long, low sob fellContinue reading “Review: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good”

Review: Island of Shattered Dreams

During the tāmā’ara’a that follows the meeting, the whole village talks of nothing else but this war. Where on earth is this Motherland, and whatever is this Germany? Why should they defend a country they’ve never seen and whose name they’ve probably heard a dozen times in their lives, if that! Why did that Papa’āContinue reading “Review: Island of Shattered Dreams”