The Beet Queen plants Drawing on eight years of

Drawing on eight years of immersive investigation

the American Indian history of assimilation

Blending past with present

a period of turmoil

and should be transparent for native speakers of Blackfoot as well as for linguists

The Beet Queen plants Drawing on eight years ofOn a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt Fritzie and her husband, Pete; ordinary Mary, who will cause a miracle, and seductive Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival, embark upon an exhilarating life journey crowded with colorful, unforgettable characters and marked by the extraordinary magic of