Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home

Winner of the Reading the West Book Award

A People and Esquire Best Memoir of the Year

"A strong and beautiful story of identity, kinship, and the journey toward justice." —Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass

Growing up in Montana, Chris La Tray always identified as Indian. Despite the fact that his father fiercely denied any connection, he found Indigenous people alluring, often recalling his grandmother’s consistent mention of their Ch...