The long-awaited reprint of Winona LaDuke s only novel is now available! Based on a tragic history and presenting a hopeful vision for the future, Last Standing Woman is a powerful and poignant novel tracing the lives of seven generations of Anishinaabe (Ojibwe/Chippewa). Beginning in the 1860s, the story chronicles a Native -American reservation and its people s struggle to maintain their culture. Battling alcoholism, sexual abuse and violence to regain their land, the characters are living heroes full of hope and vision.
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About the Author:
Winona LaDuke is a writer, economist, lecturer and enrolled tribal member of the Anishinaabe of White Earth reservation. She is also the Executive Director of Honor the Earth, where she works on a national level to advocate, raise public support, and create funding for frontline native environmental groups.
Review:
The novel skillfully intertwines social history, oral myth and charcter study in ways reminiscent of Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich. --Publishers Weekly
...LaDuke delivers an assured first novel.... Last Standing Woman is a sweeping indictment of the racism and oppression directed at Native Americans....humor and compassion are ever present, and at its best, Last Standing Woman is a dignified and powerful retelling of one reservation's struggle for survival. - --Booklist
...a lush, lyrical history of seven generations on a reservation. --US News & World Report
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- PublisherCut Bank Creek Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0983811830
- ISBN 13 9780983811831
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
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