a replica of an ancient Hawaiian canoe—Hōkūle'a—was launched to sail the ancient star paths

Chickasaw poet and novelist Hogan's first work of nonfiction includes stories about bats

their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment

as well as his life’s fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope

and how the two intersect in a meaningful vision of human life in relation to a greater reality

Stories for a Lost Child farming a replica of an ancientThe summer before going into high school, Fiona receives a mysterious box in the mail, one that she hopes will answer her questions about her Anishinaabe Indian heritage. It contains stories written by the grandfather she never knew, an Anishinaabe man her mother refuses to talk about. As she reads his stories about blackbirds and bigfoot, as well as tales about Indians in space and homeless Native men camping by the river in Minneapolis, Fiona finds