A Council of Dolls sovereignty and legacy of the code

and legacy of the code talkers

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there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people

A Council of Dolls sovereignty and legacy of the codeThe long awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award winning Native American author Mona Susan Power, spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day. 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