He's wine country's reluctant casino mogul. His new novel is rich with Native history

Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris opens up about discovering his Native lineage at 30, overcoming exclusion and turning trauma into literary inspiration with his new novel 'The Last Human Bear.'

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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, He’s wine country’s reluctant casino mogul. His new novel is rich with Native history, Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris opens up about discovering his Native lineage at 30, overcoming exclusion and turning trauma into literary inspiration with his new novel ‘The Last Human Bear.’

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