{"product_id":"becoming-little-shell-a-landless-indians-journey-home-paperback","title":"Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Reading the West Book Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Best Memoir of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBest Nonfiction of the Year Selection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‚ÄúI‚Äôm in awe of Chris La Tray‚Äôs storytelling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBecoming Little Shell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecreates a multilayered narrative from threads of personal, family, community, tribal, and national histories.‚Äù‚ÄîRobin Wall Kimmerer, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing up in Montana, Chris La Tray always identified as Indian. Despite the fact that his father fiercely denied any connection, he found Indigenous people alluring, often recalling his grandmother‚Äôs consistent mention of their Chippewa heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen La Tray attended his grandfather‚Äôs funeral as a young man, he finally found himself surrounded by relatives who obviously were Indigenous. ‚ÄúWho were they?‚Äù he wondered, and ‚ÄúWhy was I never allowed to know them?‚Äù Combining diligent research and compelling conversations with authors, activists, elders, and historians, La Tray embarks on a journey into his family‚Äôs past, discovering along the way a larger story of the complicated history of Indigenous communities‚Äîas well as the devastating effects of colonialism that continue to ripple through surviving generations. And as he comes to embrace his full identity, he eventually seeks enrollment with the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, joining their 158-year-long struggle for federal recognition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth personal and historical, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBecoming Little Shell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a testament to the power of storytelling, to family and legacy, and to finding home. Infused with candor, heart, wisdom, and an abiding love for a place and a people, Chris La Tray‚Äôs remarkable journey is both revelatory and redemptive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003ecollapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50214697566493,"sku":"9781571311665","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781571311665.jpg?v=1754075915","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/becoming-little-shell-a-landless-indians-journey-home-paperback","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}