I definitely lost a lot of steam midway through reading this. I was very engaged with the "mystery" side of the novel, particularly how it interacted with the Chippewa mythology and connection to nature and animals, but it kind of feels like that plotline was dropped almost entirely. What you are left with is still a very interesting perspective on the life and politics of the tribe and reservation, how much poverty and struggle they dealt with, and how much they had to fight just for a tiny scrap that they didn't really want to begin with, but as it's all they had, it was dear to them.

Reviewed on Monday, October 23rd, 2023, 10:40am.