Unrepentant Dakota Woman: Angelique Renville & the Struggle for Indigenous Identity, 1845-1876 Lakota and marks the debut of

and marks the debut of a major new voice in Indigenous fiction

The book's publication is timed for the commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the Trail of Tears

but never before in its entirety or with such narrative richness

The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece of literary fiction—at once a powerful coming-of-age story

Unrepentant Dakota Woman: Angelique Renville & the Struggle for Indigenous Identity, 1845-1876 Lakota and marks the debut ofBorn in Minnesota in 1845 into a prominent mixed blood Dakota family, Angelique Renville (18451876) initially learned traditional Dakota ways of life from her relatives while navigating the complex multi cultural world of the declining fur trade. At age six, she and her younger sister Agnes were adopted by Protestant missionaries Stephen and Mary Riggs, who did their utmost to erase her Dakota identity and educate her as a proper Christian woman.