The Painted Drum standing rock suffer violent victimization by outsiders

suffer violent victimization by outsiders

she achieved sobriety

and almost casual violence

and listlessness

and a keen eye for small town and reservation life

The Painted Drum standing rock suffer violent victimization by outsidersWhile appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan. And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time, following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument, and revealing the extraordinary lives it has touched and defined. Compelling and unforgettable, Louise