Monday, November 18, 2024 — Native Bookshelf: ‘Moon of the Turning Leaves’ by Waubgeshig Rice

Native America Calling

Ten years since a world-changing blackout, an Anishinaabe community must embark on a mission of discovery if they’re going to survive. First Nations author Waubgeshig Rice revisits the survivors from his first novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, as they search south for sustainable future in his next novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves. We’ll hear from him how he works to bring hope into a post-apocalyptic story. Plus, we’ll be joined by one of Jim Thorpe’s granddaughters about his posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is an encore show so we won’t be taking live phone calls.

GUESTS

Waubgeshig Rice (Wasauksing First Nation), author and journalist

Anita Thorpe (Sac and Fox), Jim Thorpe’s granddaughter

Break 1 Music: Near the Sea (song) Hataałii (artist) Singing into Darkness (album)

Break 2 Music: Grandmother’s Song (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)