Tommy Orange Traces Indigenous Trauma and Triumph
The Book Case
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Promoting Indigenous Literature and Future Perspectives
The bookstore serves as a hub for communication among different tribes and ensures literature reaches those who need it, focusing on promoting Native success and looking towards Native futures. Reading Native literature is seen as a way to legitimize Native joy and pride, rather than inducing guilt or shame. The objective is to educate about Native history and integrate it into the broader American story to move forward collectively as an American culture. The bookstore plays a unique role not only as a local but also a state and national community hub, offering a diverse selection of books that includes works of history, translations like the Iliad, and contemporary Irish short stories.
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