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Sacred Smokes

Written by: Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Narrated by: Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
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Growing up in a gang in the city can be dark. Growing up Native American in a gang in Chicago is a whole different story. This book takes a trip through that unexplored part of Indian Country, an intense journey that is full of surprises, shining a light on the interior lives of people whose intellectual and emotional concerns are often overlooked. This dark, compelling, occasionally inappropriate, and often hilarious linked story collection introduces a character who defies all stereotypes about urban life and Indians. He will be in listeners' heads for a long time to come.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., an associate professor and the chair of Native American Studies at the University of Montana, is a creative editor for Transmotion, an online journal of postmodern indigenous studies. His fiction and photography have been widely published. He is also the editor of The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones (UNM Press).

Keywords: The Bright List, Blackfoot Sioux, Indigenous, Native American, Social Activists, Memoir, Chicago, Urban Indian

©2018 Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

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