“A small masterpiece of compelling

Native sovereignty

All cultures have tales of the trickster—a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food

a silent but ever-present entity in the book

Rez Road Follies: Canoes, Casinos, Computers, and Birch Bark Baskets Oji-Cree “A small masterpiece of compellingThe Rez Road Follies captures Native American storyteller, poet, and performer Jim Northrup at his shrewdest and funniest. He tells of the key events of his own life: his childhood in a government boarding school, combat in Vietnam, confronting family tragedies, and becoming a grandfather or, as he says, almost an elder. Northrup writes with equal candor about the reservations poverty and racism on one hand, and its kinship and traditions on the