The Berry Pickers horror a new tribal council initiative

a new tribal council initiative raises uncomfortable questions about money and power

self-expression

and Marie Short Bear are more than characters

Drawing on firsthand accounts and the voluminous records produced by the federal government

The Berry Pickers horror a new tribal council initiativeWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. This showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time. July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four year old Ruthie, the family's youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six year old brother, Joe,