A People Magazine ampamp34Best New Book of the Monthampamp34Finalist for the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book AwardA Kirkus Reviewsampamp160Best Nonfiction of 2024 SelectionIm in awe of Chris La Trayampamp8217s storytelling. Becoming Little Shell creates a multilayered narrative from threads of personal family community tribal and national histories.Robin Wall Kimmerer author of Braiding SweetgrassGrowing 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 grandmotherampamp8217s consistent mention of their Chippewa heritage.When La Tray attended his grandfatherampamp8217s funeral as a young man he finally found himself surrounded by relatives who obviously were Indigenous.