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The Caregiver at Wounded Knee
Christian historical romance
The Caregiver at Wounded Knee
Rose Rushing Water, an Oglala Lakota woman educated as a nurse in the East, returns to Pine Ridge Reservation determined to care for her people while recovering parts of the culture she was forced to leave behind. She finds an ally in tribal policeman Nathaniel Gray Cloud, who is also trying to preserve peace while family members disagree over whether survival requires accommodation or resistance. Their growing relationship unfolds amid hunger, inadequate medical resources, government pressure, and the escalating tensions that lead toward Wounded Knee Creek in 1890. This historical romance places personal faith and love inside a painful period of U.S. history, focusing on people caught between imposed systems and the determination to keep community and identity intact.
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Historical mistreatment and displacement of Indigenous people; disease and starvation; fear and cultural/religious conflict; Wounded Knee-era devastation and death; caregiving amid suffering; Christian faith and sweet romance.
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Honeyed Earl Grey
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French 75
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