{"product_id":"treat-them-as-buffalo","title":"Treat Them as Buffalo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying anti-Western from an exciting new Indigenous writer. As teenage boys begin to disappear from a great plains Métis community, a young man attempts to uncover the evil force lurking out of sight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTreat Them as Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing adrenalin rush, a wild river of a story...The book is billed as an anti-Western, sidestepping well-worn tropes and caricatures. The author succeeds on all fronts--Blair Palmer Yoxall is a force!\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eMona Susan Power, author of A Council of Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1885, Nikosis \"Niko\" Eriksen spends his days playing buffalo hunter, even though it's been many years since a member of his tribe has actually seen one of the once-ubiquitous animals. But when beloved Cousin goes missing, things start to fall apart. With law enforcement failing--indeed refusing--to investigate the disappearance, the community members take matters into their own hands, rallying around the leadership of a sawn-off shotgun-slinging rancher named Kate McCannon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resultant women-led coalition of freedom fighters strikes back against the Mounted Police as they investigate the boys' disappearance and take their futures into their own hands. But violence continues to haunt Niko, and boys continue to disappear. As he leaves his boyhood behind and draws closer to finding Cousin, Niko's investigation points to a harrowing revelation about his own heritage, which heels closer to violence that any boy would wish to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with the pace and punch of \u003ci\u003eOutlawed\u003c\/i\u003e and the inventiveness of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Good Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreat Them as Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a gripping portrait of a young man coming of age before his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlair Palmer Yoxall\u003c\/b\u003e (he\/him\/his) is an award-winning writer and poet. Blair is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta, and is of Métis and settler parentage. He enjoys fly-fishing in the Alberta Rockies. \u003ci\u003eTreat Them as Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel. Follow him on Instagram @atayookee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blair Palmer Yoxall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230400872733,"sku":"9781643756806","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781643756806.jpg?v=1777661765","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/treat-them-as-buffalo","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}