It takes up topics like colonialism

who lived just down the street

and to explain how storytelling in this tradition-as both an ancient and a contemporary literary form-is instrumental in the perpetuation of Cherokee identity and culture

the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission

Taino: A Novel humor It takes up topics likeThe story of what really happened when Columbus arrived in the "New World," as told by the Taino people who were impacted In 1532, an elderly Taino man named Guaikan sits down to write his story an in depth account of what happened when Columbus landed on Caribbean shores in 1492. As a boy, Guaikan was adopted by Columbus, uniquely positioning him to tell the story of Columbus's "discovery," directing our gaze where it rightfully belongs on the