Returning to Minnesota

grounded in tribal myth and ancestry

In this New York Times bestselling novel

historical and ethnological accounts

wise voices remind us where hope lies

The Trickster Riots indigenous thinking Returning to MinnesotaIn this debut poetry collection, Lakota storyteller Tat Walker steps into the role of a contemporary trickster to continue the purposefully disruptive legacy of a cultural icon: Iktmi, the Spider. The Trickster Riots weaves through the origins of a lost baby queer in love and spiritache to shapeshift into a momma spider exploring what it means to be a good relative, an obliterator of status quo, and a builder of community. Walkers provocative wordplay