If the Dead Belong Here

If the Dead Belong HereWhen a young girl goes missing, the ghosts of the past collide with her family's secrets in a mesmerizing Native American Southern Gothic. When six year old Laurel Taylor vanishes without a trace, her family is left shattered, struggling to navigate the darkness of grief and unanswered questions. As their search turns to despair, Laurel's older sister, Nadine, begins experiencing nightmares that blur the line between dream and reality, and she becomes

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Raised by his grandparents on a northern Wisconsin Ojibwe reservation until their passing when he is 10 years old

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On the Turtle’s Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore

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more equitable world for all Indigenous Peoples

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She exposes the myth that adoption is a path to protecting "unwanted children" from "unfit mothers