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REVIEWS: There There
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NY Times
The Washington Post
GoodReads
Book Companion
ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—THE NEW YORK TIMES
BOOK REVIEW. As we learn the reasons that each person is
attending the Big Oakland Powwow—some generous, some fearful,
some joyful, some violent—momentum builds toward a shocking yet
inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red
Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family
she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back
together after his uncle’s death and has come to work at the
powwow to honor his uncle\’s memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear
Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught
himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will
to perform in public for the very first time. There will be
glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and
pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss.
There There is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America
few of us have ever seen and it is destined to be a classic.
Characters: 84. Amazon rating: 4 stars. Genre: Fiction.
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Plymouth
Colony on history.com. |
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Massachusetts
Bay Colony on Britannica. |
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The
Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta on Wikipedia. |
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There,
There by Radiohead on YouTube. |
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Sittin'
on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding on YouTube. |
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The
Tracks to my Tears by Smokey Robinson on YouTube. |
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