and wild hope

Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family

victim and transgressor

from her childhood and performance career to her days as a respected elder of the multi-tribal New York City Indian Community

and spareness

Red Rooms resistance and wild hopeRed Rooms is a unique journey articulating the lives of the Native patrons of an urban hotel as seen through the eyes of the hotels cleaning lady. The characters face the crises in their lives in ways that are easily identifiable and not uncommon to Native people. What is unique about this collection of stories is Dimaline's sometimes cryptic, sometimes comedic, always compassionate and visionary housekeeper who offers hindsight, insight and foresight