The Train to Santa Fe

In the 1880s, sixteen-year-old Chenoa, a gifted Tewa potter, boards one of the first trains from Española to Santa Fe, desperate to save her family from a bitter winter. Her journey sets in motion a legacy shaped by survival, sacrifice, and silence. Generations later, her granddaughter Rose, now elderly and ailing, pleads with Jonah—a kind-hearted nursing home orderly—to help uncover the truth of her stolen Native heritage before it’s lost forever. As Jonah searches for answers, he grapples...