Nokee, The Last of the Great Lakes Mound Builders: Who will remember my people when I am gone?

A forgotten civilization. A fading memory. One story that must survive.In 17th-century Michigan, one young man becomes the last guardian of an ancient civilization on the verge of vanishing forever.Nokee, separated from his fleeing tribe at an early age, becomes the last remaining member of a mound-building culture that lived in Michigan for thousands of years. He now carries a sacred burden: to ensure his people’s story survives.To save his past, Nokee must decide who to trust as war, disease, and colonial expansion close in. Old truths collide with new power. Rival forces gather. And some will do anything to silence what the stories might reveal.When French Jesuit missionaries arrive in the Great Lakes region with protection, technology, and paper, they offer a way to preserve an oral tradition that had never touched ink or parchment. Together they set out on a treacherous journey to find the only person who holds the whole truth of Nokee’s ancestors, an aging shaman whose knowledge is fading with time.Suspenseful, immersive, and steeped in mysticism, this Indigenous historical fiction blends spiritual history, ancestral knowledge, and cultural survival in a high-stakes journey of identity, memory, and loss to keep a legacy alive. Read more