Connecting with each other in meaningful conversation can make your day more meaningful. One dynamic and welcoming small group at St. Andrew is the Pastor’s Book Study.
Alternating between St. Andrew pastors, share in conversation, learning and community building as we read and discuss Last Standing Woman. In this highly anticipated 25th anniversary edition of her debut novel, Winona LaDuke weaves a nonlinear narrative of struggle and triumph, resistance and resilience, spanning seven generations of the White Earth Anishinaabe people.
The arrival of European missionaries changes the community forever. Government policies begin to rob the people of their land. Missionaries and Indian agents work to outlaw ceremonies they have practiced for centuries. Grave-robbing anthropologists dig up ancestors and whisk them away to museums.
Logging operations destroy traditional sources of food. Battling starvation, addiction, violence, and corruption, each member of White Earth must find their own path of resistance as they struggle to reclaim stewardship of their land, bring their ancestors home, and stay connected to their culture and to each other.