The editor

winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Whereas

An investigation into how Native American identity became a commodity

The book draws on interviews with people from different North American Indigenous cultures and communities

Rona Fernandez

Bird Songs Don't Lie: Writings from the Rez science The editorEssays and short stories from a celebrated Cupeo Cahuilla journalist. "Johnson is by turns tender and hilarious as ever. This book is a welcome addition to his loving history of the world as he knows it." Susan Straight, author of Sacrament In this moving collection of short stories and essays, Gordon Lee Johnson (Cupeo Cahuilla) cements his voice not only as a commentator on American Indian reservation life but also as a master of fiction writing.