There, There meets Winter Counts in this gripping literary debut about power and corruption, love lost and gained, and the importance of facing ones past head on.
Mitch Caddo started out with the best of intentions. After his mothers sudden death in a car crash, he finished law school and returned to Passage Rougethe reservation where he grew uphoping to represent disadvantaged families in tribal court. But that was before he got sucked into the world of Mack Plum, his charismatic childhood friend. Before Mack ran and won the race for Tribal President as an underdog populist. Before they compromised their morals to keep Mack at the head of the tribal council. And before he came face to face once again with his teenage flame, Layla Plumnone other than Macks sister.
Now, on the eve of Passage Rouges next tribal election, Mitch finds himself torn between two rivals. Hes unsettled by his own complicity in Macks abuse of power, but he doesnt quite trust Macks opponent, Gloria Hawkins, a nationally known activist and politicianwhose campaign happens to be run by Layla. But when an accident claims the life of a central figure in the reservations complicated political landscape, the election descends into chaos, and Mitch and Layla find themselves trying to stop the tribes slide towards all-out violence while doing their best to correct the wrongs of the past.
Compelling and timely, Big Chief is an unforgettable story that asks: What would you do if the very problems you sought to fix consumed you? Its about the search for belonging, not just as an individual, but as a sovereign people at a moment of great historical importance.
