{"product_id":"9781459414167","title":"Powwow Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart Ojibwe and part white, River lives with her white mother and stepfather on a farm in Ontario. Teased about her Indigenous heritage as a young girl, she feels like she doesn't belong and struggles with her identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow eighteen and just finished high school, River travels to Winnipeg to spend the summer with her Indigenous father and grandmother, where she sees firsthand what it means to be an \"urban Indian.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn her family's nearby reserve, she learns more than she expects about the lives of Indigenous people, including the presence of Indigenous gangs and the multi-generational effects of the residential school system. But River also discovers a deep respect for and connection with the land and her cultural traditions. The highlight of her summer is attending the annual powwow with her new friends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the powwow after party, however, River drinks too much and posts photos online that anger people and she has her right to identify as an Indigenous person called into question.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan River ever begin to resolve the complexities of her identity — Indigenous and not?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Lorimer \u0026 Company Ltd., Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46514345705713,"sku":"9781459414167","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781459414167_p0.jpg?v=1765891532","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459414167","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}