Instruments of the True Measure tribal belonging through war and the insidious

through war and the insidious trauma of boarding schools

Mann's language is as plainspoken and clear as it is provocative

LaRose is a powerful exploration of loss

loving insights into the mythic origins of the natural and supernatural worlds around and within the reader

and earthy

Instruments of the True Measure tribal belonging through war and the insidiousInstruments of the True Measure charts the coordinates and intersections of land, history, and culture. Lyrical passages map the parallel lives of ancestral figures and connect dispossessions of the past to lived experiences of the present. Shawnee history informs the collection, and Da's fascination with uncovering and recovering brings the reader deeper into the narrative of Shawnee homeland. Images of forced removal and frontier violence reveal the