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Power, Susan, 1961-
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Yanktonai Indians -- Fiction.
Dolls -- Fiction.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
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Power, Susan, 1961-
Yanktonai Indians -- Fiction.
Dolls -- Fiction.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
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A council of dolls : a novel / Mona Susan Power.
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Power, Susan, 1961-
Mariner Books, 2023.
Call #:
FICTION
POW
Subjects
Yanktonai Indians --
Fiction
.
Dolls --
Fiction
.
Off-reservation boarding schools --
Fiction
.
Families --
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780063281097 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
293 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried.... Sissy, born 1961: Sissy’s relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy’s ear, and in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even saves Sissy’s life. Lillian, born 1925: Born in her ancestral lands in a time of terrible change, Lillian clings to her sister, Blanche, and her doll, Mae. When the sisters are forced to attend an “Indian school” far from their home, Blanche refuses to be cowed by the school’s abusive nuns. But when tragedy strikes the sisters, the doll Mae finds her way to defend the girls. Cora, born 1888: Though she was born into the brutal legacy of the “Indian Wars,” Cora isn’t afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the country to be “civilized.” When teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll Winona, Cora discovers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost...
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Bedford Public Library
Adult Fiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
FICTION POW
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