Commonwealth Acoma little sister

little sister

voices from Indian Country convey the insidious impacts of the Indian Reorganization Act confronting the existential and pragmatic questions facing many Native Nations to determine who is--and who is not--a citizen

a law was passed transferring the area to a private company

Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land

Grounded in Indigenous methodologies and rendered in full color

Commonwealth Acoma little sisterOne Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia,