Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white

but is forced to reckon with colonial-white stereotypes

Beautifully rendered and deeply affecting

Alicia Elliott explores how apt a description that is for the ongoing effects of personal

Indian autobiographies

Raven, Rabbit, Deer Choctaw Distorted Descent examines a socialIn an intergenerational winters story full of quiet wonder, a little boy takes his grandfather for a walk down a forest trail. The boy shows Grandpa how to jump in the snow and how to make it splash into the creek. Grandpa shows the boy rabbit tracks and deer hiding among the trees. They greet their animal neighbors by name: Raven, Rabbit, Deer, Sparrow. Back home, the little boy sets the table with cookies while Grandpa pours the milk. It has been a