Gary Farmer
1) Heater
Author
Language
English
Description
Two homeless men (Gary Farmer, Stephen Ouimette) team up to return a stolen baseboard heater for a refund and use the money to get off the streets.
Author
Language
English
Description
Winter in the Blood is a hauntingly beautiful film that is true to the lyrical and unflinching spirit of James Welch's classic 1974 novel of Native American life. Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer, the Twilight trilogy) wakes in a ditch on the hardscrabble plains of Montana. He stumbles home to his ranch on the reservation only to learn that his wife, Agnes (Julia Jones), has left him. Worse, she's stolen his beloved rifle. Virgil sets out to find...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist living on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, 14-year-old Joe Coutz sets out with his three friends to find the person that destroyed his family.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on--just like her beloved Uncle Louie before...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Orphans Gig and Rye Dolan don't have a penny to their names. The brothers work grueling, odd jobs each day just to secure a meal, and spend nights sleeping wherever they can with other day laborers. Twenty-three-year-old Gig is a passionate union man, fighting for fair pay and calling out the corrupt employers who exploit the working class. Eager to emulate his older brother, Rye follows suit, though he can't quite muster Gig's passion for the cause....
Publisher
Vision Maker Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Completed in 1965, the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania was originally proposed to help mitigate flooding in Pittsburgh—200 miles downriver, but the 27-mile reservoir that formed behind it inundated vast tracts of the Seneca Indians’ ancestral lands, forcing their removal in breach of the United States’ oldest treaty then in effect. LAKE OF BETRAYAL looks at the Seneca Nation’s fight to protect its sovereignty against the...
8) Intervention
Author
Language
English
Description
Mark, porn star-turned-producer, is addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling and sex; Joe is a Kiwi comedian with a drink problem; Sara is a former model, and recovering heroin addict with anger and food issues; and Harry is a prescription drug addict from a privileged family. Under the treatment of Counselors Bill (COLM FEORE) and his wife Kelly (ANDIE MACDOWELL), the weekend of group therapy results in a series of highly entertaining emotional and physical...
9) First cow
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A loner and cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds a connection with Chinese immigrants. The men collaborate on business, although its longevity Is reliant upon the participation of a wealthy landowner's prized milking cow.
10) Cowboys
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Troy (Steve Zahn), a troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife Sally (Jillian Bell). Aghast at Sally's refusal to let their trans son Joe (Sasha Knight) live as his authentic self, Troy runs off with Joe into the Montana wilderness. Meanwhile police detective (Ann Dowd) pursues them, but her resolve about the case is tested the more she learns about Joe's family.
11) Smoke Signals
Author
Language
English
Description
Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! But when Victor is urgently called away, it's Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There's just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride! This most unlikely pair leaves home on what becomes an unexpected adventure of friendship and discovery!
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A comedic sci-fi drama based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, this show follows a crash-landed alien who must take on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and somehow find a way to fit in with the local human population. While attempting to complete his secret mission on Earth, he is forced to consider the possibility that humans might be worth saving after all.
Author
Series
Red Road volume 4
Language
English
Description
Harold is surprised by an unexpected but fortunate turn of events. Junior and Marie argue.
Author
Series
Red Road volume 3
Language
English
Description
Marie meets with the Tribal Council to discuss the issue of a casino, which Sky is opposed to.
Author
Series
Red Road volume 5
Language
English
Description
Harold makes a discovery in an abandoned mine. Kopus goes to Junior's campsite but finds it burning
Author
Series
Red Road volume 2
Language
English
Description
Determined to cover up the truth, Harold's sworn duty goes awry. Kopus seizes the opportunity.
Author
Series
Red Road volume 5
Language
English
Description
Kopus heads to Brooklyn armed with new knowledge, while Jean makes a bold decision.
Author
Series
Red Road volume 4
Language
English
Description
Harold finds himself crushed between the law and the compromising deal struck with Kopus.
Author
Series
Red Road volume 6
Language
English
Description
Kopus finds himself in imminent danger, while Harold uncovers heartbreaking news.
Author
Series
Red Road volume 3
Language
English
Description
Jean's emotional turbulence forces Harold to move his daughters in with her parents.