Màgòdiz stories When Standing Bear returned to

When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years' absence

sharing it with his nieces and nephews

And from that he manages—as only Northrup can do—to make the truth out of it

For Indigenous Minds Only

he can literally make people come to life in wood

Màgòdiz stories When Standing Bear returned toMgdiz (Anishinabemowin, Algonquin dialect): a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of their country. Everything that was green and good is gone, scorched away by a war that no one living remembers. The small surviving human population scavenges to get by; they cannot read or write and lack the tools or knowledge to rebuild. The only ones with any power are the mindless Enforcers, controlled by the