The Woman Who Married a Bear showcases the wholly individual voice of a talented poet

" —Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Sitting Bull's Voice

Shell Shaker Shawnee The Woman Who Married aThe action in this debut novel alternates between 1738, as a Choctaw family prepares for war against the English, and the 1990s, as their Oklahoma descendants, the Billys, fight a Mafia takeover of the tribe's casino. In trouble with the law and in the fight of their lives, the Billy women must find a way, as their ancestors did, to join forces against a devious foe. Humor, toughness, and resourcefulness are the Billys' only weapons. Until the Shell