![]() The app cannot process Lipan (or any other Indigenous language), so the story is mangled and unintelligible. When Rosita is on her deathbed in the hospital, she tells Nina a story in the Lipan language, interspersed with Spanish, that Nina relies on a translation app to understand. Richie’s mother and great-grandmother (Nina’s grandmother and her great-great-grandmother, Rosita) live on land that has been in the family for generations. Her father runs the family bookstore by himself while her mother is away for months at a time on scientific surveys on the ocean. The novel follows Nina from age nine to age 16. Nina Arroyo is a Lipan Apache girl living in Texas with her mother, Alicia, and her father, Richie. Page numbers may differ slightly in other versions.Ĭontent Warning: This guide contains references to colonialism and the genocide of Indigenous Americans. ![]() This guide uses the Levine Querido eBook version of A Snake Falls to Earth, formatted for Nook. In literature, Indigenous Futurism usually incorporates elements of fantasy and/or science fiction. Published in 2021, A Snake Falls to Earth is a work of Indigenous Futurism, an artistic movement that centers Indigenous knowledge and perspectives. ![]()
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