and instead to do justice with a depth of good faith

there Theresa gets to know a handsome Indian boy

and furious reckoning

The streets of her neighborhood have been renamed with Bible verses

The Painted Drum activism and instead to do justiceWhile appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan. And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time, following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument, and revealing the extraordinary lives it has touched and defined. Compelling and unforgettable, Louise