Are group of people of Native ancestry come together for a big powwow in Oakland, California. They are all connected in various ways, some of which they are aware of and some of which they are not.
Unfortunately some of them are not interested in the actual powwow. A drug dealer of Native and Hispanic origin owes dangerous people money and he and his associates have heard that the powwow will be giving away cash prizes. So they have a plan to attend the powwow and take the cash.
The stories of the lives of the various people who come together for the powwow were interesting. These are people who have struggled and fought poverty and addiction and are working to overcome adversity and who are heading to a hopeful outcome only for the reader to see it all brought to disaster because of a gang of hapless drug dealers. Some people find this sort of juxtaposition compelling and dramatic. I didn't. I frankly hated the violent and cruel ending. It spoiled the whole book for me.
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