Diane Wilson (2)
Author of The Seed Keeper: A Novel
For other authors named Diane Wilson, see the disambiguation page.
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- Shafer, Minnesota, USA
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- Diane Wilson (Dakota) is the author of The Seed Keeper. She is also the author of a memoir, Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past, which won a Minnesota Book Award and was selected for the One Minneapolis One Read program, as well as a nonfiction book, Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life, which was awarded the Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado. Her most recent essay, “Seeds for Seven Generations,” was featured in the anthology A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota. Wilson has received a Bush Foundation Fellowship as well as awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, and the East Central Regional Arts Council. In 2018, she was awarded a 50 Over 50 Award from Pollen/Midwest. Wilson is the executive director for the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, a national coalition of tribes and organizations working to create sovereign food systems for Native people. She is a Mdewakanton descendent, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation, and lives in Shafer, Minnesota.
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Didn't work for me as a novel, but that's ok. A lot of people are going to love this and really connect to it. I might enjoy her nonfiction work more. The need for real diversity in publishing is because we won't all connect to every book the same way, we need a plurality of voices from every community. I still encourage others to try this book and to learn about Dakota history in whatever format works for you.
The opening poem and prologue were a perfect incentive to buy this book; they drew me in, showed me the strength of a knowledge keeper. There were parts of this full of wisdom that I will want to remind myself of many times. For this alone, I will hold on to this book.
The reason for my low rating is I had a hard time supporting the main character, the many times she was silent and did not explain herself, the times she gave in to the wishes of her husband instead of standing up for what she knew to be right. It's not that I didn't understand, given time to ponder this feeling. I can understand her history (personal and familial) of oppression, of the need to hide in order to persevere. I can understand her own strong need for a home, and willingness to do anything to avoid being hungry again. But it's not what I wanted to hear. I wanted her to do anything to maintain her connection with her son.
I'm left with the feeling of how poorly we humans are managing our lives, how damaging our actions are. The book is not quite hopeless--there is that last chance to make a change--but it is a desperate chance just the same.… (more)
The reason for my low rating is I had a hard time supporting the main character, the many times she was silent and did not explain herself, the times she gave in to the wishes of her husband instead of standing up for what she knew to be right. It's not that I didn't understand, given time to ponder this feeling. I can understand her history (personal and familial) of oppression, of the need to hide in order to persevere. I can understand her own strong need for a home, and willingness to do anything to avoid being hungry again. But it's not what I wanted to hear. I wanted her to do anything to maintain her connection with her son.
I'm left with the feeling of how poorly we humans are managing our lives, how damaging our actions are. The book is not quite hopeless--there is that last chance to make a change--but it is a desperate chance just the same.… (more)
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[Audiobook note: The reader is quite good.]