{"product_id":"becoming-little-shell-a-landless-indians-journey-home-9781571311665","title":"Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best New Book of the Month\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Pacific Northwest Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction of the Year Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Memoirs, Nonfiction Science, and Food Writing of the Last Year\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Reading the West Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I'm in awe of Chris La Tray's storytelling. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Little Shell \u003c\/i\u003ecreates a multilayered narrative from threads of personal, family, community, tribal, and national histories.\"--Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in Montana, Chris La Tray always identified as Indian. Despite the fact that his father fiercely denied any connection, he found Indigenous people alluring, often recalling his grandmother's consistent mention of their Chippewa heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen La Tray attended his grandfather's funeral as a young man, he finally found himself surrounded by relatives who obviously were Indigenous. \"Who were they?\" he wondered, and \"Why was I never allowed to know them?\" Combining diligent research and compelling conversations with authors, activists, elders, and historians, La Tray embarks on a journey into his family's past, discovering along the way a larger story of the complicated history of Indigenous communities--as well as the devastating effects of colonialism that continue to ripple through surviving generations. And as he comes to embrace his full identity, he eventually seeks enrollment with the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, joining their 158-year-long struggle for federal recognition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth personal and historical, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Little Shell\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the power of storytelling, to family and legacy, and to finding home. Infused with candor, heart, wisdom, and an abiding love for a place and a people, Chris La Tray's remarkable journey is both revelatory and redemptive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Chris La Tray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230793498805,"sku":"9781571311665","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e9467e3b-38e9-48f2-9f17-fdc366fd422d.jpg?v=1750170269","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/becoming-little-shell-a-landless-indians-journey-home-9781571311665","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}