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Tommy Orange shows the “there” that is still there for Native people who have moved or been relocated to urban places that are filled with popular media’s fantastical imaginings of Native identity. There There follows a multigenerational cast of twelve characters in and around Oakland, California as they wrestle with the broken alternatives of identity filtered through stereotypical misconceptions but with the power of Cheyenne stories and traditions fragilely held together in the largely colonial world of the urban city. Their lives, identities, and traumas intersect in various ways until they converge at the Big Oakland Powwow. To borrow a copy of There There by Tommy Orange, visit the Duncan Public Library! For those interested in audiobooks, you can also borrow an e-audiobook copy through our reading app: Libby! Questions? Call 580-255-0636 and ask for Jessica.
“Books, services, and other materials for this series are provided by Let’s Talk About It, a program of Oklahoma Humanities. Generous funding and support for this series was provided by Kirkpatrick Family Fund, McCasland Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Union Pacific, and Oklahoma City University. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of Oklahoma Humanities.”
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3785 N Highway 81, Duncan, OK, United States, Oklahoma 73533
