Mona Susan Power will highlight how her no vel\, A Council of Dolls\, explores Native Rights and Native Amer ican culture\, particularly using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls. From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people to the bl eak and brutal Indian boarding schools\, \;A Council of Dolls \;is the story of three women\, told in part through the stories of t he dolls they carried.
\nAbout the Author: Mona Susan Power is an en rolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is the author of three previously published works of fiction: \;The Grass Dancer\,& nbsp\;which won the Pen/Hemingway Prize\, Sacred Wilderness\,&nbs p\;and \;Roofwalker. Her short stories have been published by \;The Atlantic Monthly\, The Paris Review\, The Best American Short Stories\, \;and more.
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