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"Murder on the Red River" ~ Sue Balcom on Chokecherries

Thursday, July 26 – Marcie Rendon’s debut novel is titled “Murder on the Red River.” It’s called an unflinching story of how native people persevere in the face of policies and people that seek to destroy the essence of who they are.” Rendon is a member of the White Earth nation. ~~~ Mark Trahant shares a commentary on Native American voting. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Brigadoon of North Dakota.” ~~~ Sue Balcom of the Root Sellers farm near Mandan drops in for her weekly chat about food and life on the farm. Today’s topic is chokecherries. ~~~ Doug and Ashley have our What’s Happening calendar of events.