Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis

 What a great debut novel. Written by a former bookseller and enrolled member of the St. Regis Mohawk tribe, the book offers a wry look into one tribal member's journey back home while he awaits the formal diagnosis of a painful disease causing lesions on his legs. His alter ego, poet Dominick Deer Woods, has works sprinkled throughout the book that offer the less-sanitized indigenous viewpoint. You learn about his life and open marriage as he comes to terms with his family, why he left the reservation and how he reconciles his past and future. It's a moving look at contemporary indigenous life and reminds me of Tommy Orange's "There There."

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