Erdrich is at her best — as she is here — when she draws on her deep connection with the Great Plains and its Indigenous people. She herself is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa ...

brought thousands of hide hunters to the Great Plains. In just over a decade the number of bison collapsed from 12-15 million to fewer than a thousand, representing one of the most dramatic ...

Here, the landscape is dominated by the Great Plains Badlands and the atmosphere is quiet, peaceful, and remote. As Teddy Roosevelt wrote in his 1885 book "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" after visit ...