Prairie Edge

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1517917239 ISBN13: 9781517917234 Release Date: June 2024 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Length: 200 Pages Weight: 1.14 lbs. Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5" Set loose a herd of bison in downtown Edmonton: what could go wrong? M tis cousins Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther have beef with their world. With the latest racist policy rolling out. With whatever new pipeline plowing through traditional territory. With the way a treaty (aka, the army) forced the Papaschase Cree off their home on the prairie. And, on the other hand, with how Grey's friends think if they all just went back to the Rez or the settlement, life would be so much better--pretty, like an Instagram ad. Then there's the warming planet. And their future, which they seem to be screwing up quite well on their own. Being alive can't be all cribbage, Lucky Lager, and swiping the occasional catalytic converter. One night, the cousins hatch a pl