" Nookomis says

chasing siksiks and dreaming about her future

As she reflects on her past and present—the promise of assimilation and the many betrayals her family has suffered

Chief Theresa Spence

Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous

The Beatryce Prophecy gardening " Nookomis saysIn a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils them all for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and Brother Edik, who penned the