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Mother land : a novel / by Franqui, Leah,author.;
Set in Mumbai, 'Mother Land' is about an impulsive American woman, her headstrong Indian mother-in-law, and the unexpected twists and turns of life that bond them. By the author of America for Beginners.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Female friendship; Families; Interpersonal relations; Intergenerational relations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Five little indians / by Good, Michelle,author.;
With compassion and insight, 'Five Little Indians' chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. Michelle Good is a writer of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in SK. She lives in Kamloops, BC.
Subjects: Psychic trauma; Friendship; Indigenous teenagers; First Nations; Residential schools;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Conversations with a dead man : the legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott / by Abley, Mark,1955-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Scott, Duncan Campbell, 1862-1947.; Canada. Department of Indian Affairs; Indians of North America; Poets, Canadian (English);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The polished hoe / by Clarke, Austin,1934-2016,author.;
Subjects: Novels.; West Indian fiction (English); Murder; Slavery; West Indians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ghost fire / by Smith, Wilbur A.,author.; Harper, Tom,1977-author.;
Theo, wracked with guilt, strikes a solitary path through life. Haunted by the spirits of lovers and family members, he is determined to atone for his mistakes. He seeks salvation in combat and conflict, joining the British in the war against the French and Indian army.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; War fiction.; Historical fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Courtney family (Fictitious characters);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Gold diggers / by Sathian, Sanjena,author.;
"An Indian-American serio-comic and magical realist epic love story about the perils of ambition, tracing the mysterious alchemy of its characters' transformation from high school in an Atlanta suburb through young adulthood in the Bay Area"--
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Bildungsromans.; East Indian Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tale teller / by Hillerman, Anne,1949-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Indian reservation police; Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character); Navajo Indians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Indian burial ground / by Medina, Nick,author.;
"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on-just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her-things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until the news of her boyfriend's apparent suicide brings her world crumbling down. But the facts about Roddy's death just don't add up, and Noemi isn't the only one who suspects that something menacing might be lurking within their tribal lands. After over a decade away, Uncle Louie has returned to the reservation, bringing with him a past full of secrets, horror, and what might be the key to determining Roddy's true cause of death. Together, Noemi and Louie set out to find answers ... but as they get closer to the truth, Noemi begins to question whether it might be best for some secrets to remain buried"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Indigenous peoples; Secrecy; Suicide; Uncles; Indigenous reservations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When Mimi went missing / by Sukumar, Suja,author.;
After seeking retaliation against her cousin Mimi and vindictive foe Beth for relentless bullying, East Indian American Tanvi awakens as the prime suspect in Mimi's disappearance with no memory of the previous night.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Cousins; East Indian Americans; Memory; Missing persons; Victims of bullying; Cousins; East Indian Americans; Memory; Missing persons; Victims of bullying;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The East Indian : a novel / by Charry, Brinda,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company's outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants--boys like himself, men from Africa, a mad woman from London--must work the tobacco plantations. Orphaned and afraid, Tony initially longs for home. But as he adjusts to his new environment, finding companionship and even love, he can envision a life for himself after servitude. Set during the early days of English colonization in Jamestown, before servitude calcified into racialized slavery, The East Indian gives authentic voice to an otherwise unknown historic figure and brings the world he would have encountered to vivid life"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; East Indians; Indentured servants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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