Exhibitionist’s Book Club: A Council of Dolls

The Exhibitionists are excited to pair the museum’s interactive Indigenous textile art exhibit, Make a Noise, with a powerful historical and magical-realist family saga. The Council of Dolls explores the devastating effects of settler colonialism through multiple perspectives, including the voices of dolls passed down through generations of Yanktonai Dakota women. Written by Standing Rock Sioux author Mona Susan Power, this novel was longlisted for a national book award in 2023. Copies of the book are available at the front desk. The book club will be facilitated by Shelburne Museum’s Public Programs Educator, Kat Redniss.