and the twists and leaps of Erdrich's imagination are made all the more meaningful by the deeper truth of human feeling that underlies them

Josie practices her dance steps while Mom stitches

and her Ivy League education and career in the white male-dominated field of anthropology

their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment

Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad missing women and the twists and leapsEmpire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial