Tommy Orange is here to hold the door open for future Indigenous writers
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Native American Powows
Orange introduces a wide cast of characters all native american, but with varying degrees of connection to the culture. One boy named orvil redfeather becomes curious about his heritage and begins seeking information on the internet. Orange says he always plans a structure book around pawow. It's intertribalit's a market place where you sell art. And so i think people who go to pawows, native or non native, can really feel the spirit of native people - one aspect of it, anyway.
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