Beginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny masculinity Indigenous people are losing their

Indigenous people are losing their "traditions

it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious

a tale of passion

Told in eloquent layers that blend Native stories and metaphor with social and spiritual journeys

Beginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny masculinity Indigenous people are losing theirBeginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny is the story of Donovan Manypenny. Raised by his grandparents on a northern Wisconsin Ojibwe reservation until their passing when he is 10 years old, he becomes a ward of the state of Wisconsin and enters the child welfare system foster care, children's home, and adoption. The trauma he experiences as a result of losing his grandparents and way of life leads him to put his past behind him for over