Laurie Hovell McMillin is associate professor of rhetoric, composition, and religion at Oberlin College, Ohio. She is the author of English in Tibet, Tibet in English: Self-Presentation in Tibet and the Diaspora.

A very interesting and well-written book about what happens in a small river community when its sense of identity is challenged by its ancient Indian past. - Robert Birmingham, coauthor of Indian Mounds of Wisconsin ""In this evocative book - at once history, investigative journalism, and richly textured memoir - Laurie McMillin renarrates the good stories good people tell themselves about the past and present of their homes."" - Philip Deloria, author of Playing Indian ""Laurie McMillin's account of unrecognized racism in a small Wisconsin village is wonderful and insightful yet painful."" - Chloris Lowe Jr., former president of the Ho-Chunk Nation

Laurie Hovell McMillin is associate professor of rhetoric, composition, and religion at Oberlin College, Ohio. She is the author of English in Tibet, Tibet in English: Self-Presentation in Tibet and the Diaspora.

A very interesting and well-written book about what happens in a small river community when its sense of identity is challenged by its ancient Indian past. - Robert Birmingham, coauthor of Indian Mounds of Wisconsin ""In this evocative book - at once history, investigative journalism, and richly textured memoir - Laurie McMillin renarrates the good stories good people tell themselves about the past and present of their homes."" - Philip Deloria, author of Playing Indian ""Laurie McMillin's account of unrecognized racism in a small Wisconsin village is wonderful and insightful yet painful."" - Chloris Lowe Jr., former president of the Ho-Chunk Nation

Laurie Hovell McMillin is associate professor of rhetoric, composition, and religion at Oberlin College, Ohio. She is the author of English in Tibet, Tibet in English: Self-Presentation in Tibet and the Diaspora.

A very interesting and well-written book about what happens in a small river community when its sense of identity is challenged by its ancient Indian past. - Robert Birmingham, coauthor of Indian Mounds of Wisconsin ""In this evocative book - at once history, investigative journalism, and richly textured memoir - Laurie McMillin renarrates the good stories good people tell themselves about the past and present of their homes."" - Philip Deloria, author of Playing Indian ""Laurie McMillin's account of unrecognized racism in a small Wisconsin village is wonderful and insightful yet painful."" - Chloris Lowe Jr., former president of the Ho-Chunk Nation