the Meskwaki Settlement provided political leverage and an anchor for community cohesion

including a profound reverence for the environment

the stories reflect a rare authenticity as they transmit cultural values

“Richard Wagamese is a born storyteller

Salmón takes the reader deep into American Indian culture

The Free and the Dead: The Untold Story of the Black Seminole Chief, the Indigenous Rebel, and America's Forgotten War romance the Meskwaki Settlement provided politicalThe page turning and revelatory true story of America's disastrous 1835 attack on the Seminoles in pre statehood Florida, and the two men a Black American and a renowned Indigenous warrior who fought back for their homes and freedom. From 1817 to 1858, a series of conflicts known as the Seminole Wars took place between the United States and the tribes of Florida as they battled for the land. Within this unconquered territory, formerly enslaved mothers