![]() Penina Ava Taesali, author of Sourcing Siapo "Alcala's timely endeavor to reclaim, research, write and honor the 'old stories' of her Ópata great-grandmother is an utterly glorious achievement." Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, author of How Many Indians Can We Be? ❼uántos indios podemos ser? and The Runaway Poems The clarity and depth of her work allow us to see and treasure the many untold stories about our indigenous ancestors in a territory always influenced by both Mexican and American history." "Kathleen Alcalá is one of America's best writers. ![]() Inspired by the author's research into her own family history, The Flower in the Skull illuminates the importance of a connection to ancestors-a connection that survives colonial violence and generational trauma. The story jumps forward to 1990s Los Angeles, where Shelly, a young Chicana woman, digs through historical archives in search of information about the Ópata people. ![]() Her daughter, Rosa, feels the trauma of Concha's loss but struggles to understand her mother's culture. ![]() Spanning 130 years, The Flower in the Skull opens in the 1870s with Concha, an Ópata Indian woman who has fled to Tucson, where she works as a housekeeper and clings to memories of her old way of life. A new edition from Raven Chronicles Press. ![]()
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