Mari Kurisato

respect and courage

her tribal government swayed by corporate interests

The community leadership loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve

traditional elders agree that our Ojibwe language

Jonny Appleseed christianity Mari Kurisato"You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two Spirit Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel. Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the "rez," and his former