Book Club: Old School Indian: A Novel

Join us for an in-person discussion of Old School Indian: A Novel by Aaron John Curtis.

Delivered with crackling wit and heart-wrenching tenderness, Old School Indian is a striking exploration of the power and secrets of family, the capacity for healing and intimacy, and the ripple effects of history and culture.

Abe Jacobs is Kanien kehá:ka from Ahkwesáhsneáor, as white people say, a Mohawk Indian from the Saint Regis Tribe. At eighteen, Abe left the reservation where he was raised and never looked back. He met the love of his life, started writing poetry, and began an open marriage. Now at forty-three, Abe is suffering from a rare disease. He returns to the Rez to heal. Abe will undertake a revelatory journey, confronting the parts of himself he’s hidden ever since he left home and wrestling with the imprint left by his once-passionate marriage.

In-person Book Club will meet for lunch in The Learning Center Tuesday, October 21 at 12:30 p.m.

The GLT Book Club is open to all Tribal Citizens, GLT Staff members and members of the community.

Questions?

Contact the Tribal Librarian at karen.bos@glt-nsn.gov.