We asked writer Brooke Blanchard, of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians, to talk to us about her five must-read books by American Indians. “This was such a challenging assignment,” she says, gesturing at the books stacked to one side. “There are just so many good books by Native Americans out now.” She chose a mix of nonfiction and fiction for us. Blanchard’s debut novel, The Peacekeeper, is out this summer from 47North. An alternate history police procedural, it follows Chibenashi, a police officer in a never-colonized Great Lakes region, as he attempts to solve two close-to-home murders.
Future Home of the Living God, Louise Erdrich (Harper, 2017).
“Every dystopian novel [gets billed as] like, ‘Oh, it’s The Handmaid’s Tale,’” says Blanchard. “This one is like that, and…
