This is a work of fiction that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021 but the story is based on the life of the author's grandfather who was a North American Indian who stood up to the the government and did his best to protect the rights of his people. As a prize winner, it goes without saying that this is a very accomplished piece of writing, and as with many Pulitzer Prize winners, it not only makes a good read, but teaches the reader something as well. There can't be anyone out there who isn't aware of the injustices heaped onto the Indian population by the American government over many years, but what really surprised me was the intention to take away their cultural identity as recently as the mid 1950s. The Indian population had once roamed the plains of America with tribes dotted all over the land, but starting from the 1700s more and more land was taken from them until, by the middle of the last century, they were left with tiny patches of farmland where the soil was too...