The Seed Keeper language materials the first book to take

the first book to take an in-depth look at contemporary American Indian gender diversity

work customarily done by women

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

painfully moving fiction

her tribal government swayed by corporate interests

The Seed Keeper language materials the first book to takeA haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most. Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakota people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is