New York: Putnam, 1994. First edition - First novel by this Native American author , set on a Sioux reservation in North Dakota. Pen/Hemingway Award Winner; Nominee for the National Book Award. Praised by Amy Tan, Louise Erdrich and Alice Hoffman in words like, "astonishing" "pure & Potent magic" "a debut stunning ..extraordinary." This advance issue had two different cover formats: this is the one which states 'presentation edition' and more closely replicates the final dustjacket, with the plot and author information on the French flaps of the cover and the blurbs on the back cover. Text block is uncut on the fore edge, and the title page and section titles have the illustrations used in the actual book.