Dave Jannetta

With their language facing extinction, the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation in Northern California is working against time to bring it back. Loren Me'-lash-ne Bommelyn is leading the charge towards language and cultural revitalization for the Tolowa Dee-ni' people with support from fellow Elders, knowledge keepers, ancestors and the tribal community.

In an isolated, high-plains community, a brilliant mathematics professor disappears from the local college without a trace. Three months later his body is discovered tied to a tree and burned beyond recognition in the remote hills south of campus. Iconoclastic author Poe Ballantine searches for clues related to the case while reflecting on his own life of wanderlust.

A spunky seven-year-old receives a shiny pink bike for her birthday, but her domineering uncle is the only adult in the trailer park willing to teach her how to ride it, and the word "quit" is not in his vocabulary.