>> CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ONE BOOK ONE CHICAGO PROGRAM IS KIND OF LIKE A BOOK CLUB FOR THE ENTIRE CITY LIBRARY SELECTS.

A BOOK ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO READ IT AND THEN HOST A BUNCH OF EVENTS AROUND THE BOOK.

THE CURRENT SELECTION IS THEY'RE THEY'RE THE PULITZER FINALIST DEBUT NOVEL FROM NATIVE AMERICAN, TOMMY ORANGE, WHO TELLS THE STORY OF FELLOW NATIVE AMERICANS NOT AS IT EXISTED CENTURIES AGO, BUT AS THEY DO NOW IN CITIES DEALING WITH EVERYDAY CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS, I SAT DOWN WITH ORANGE LAST WEEK BEFORE PRESENTATION HE GAVE AT THE HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY.

16 YEARS AGO, FINDING OUT IN CHICAGO THAT THIS WAS A ACROSS THE COUNTRY WAS WAS A REVELATION TO ME.

>> AWARD-WINNING AUTHER TOMMY ORANGE SAYS A TRIP TO CHICAGO'S AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER SET HIM OFF ON A JOURNEY TO WRITING ABOUT THE URBAN EXPERIENCE OF NATIVE AMERICANS.

WE'VE GOT TO TOUR THE INDIAN CENTER AND IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY CONCEPT OF A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OF NATIVE LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> ORANGE GREW UP AND RESIDES IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AND SAID HE WANTED TO CHANGE THE IMAGE OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN POPULAR CULTURE.

80 1% OF US LIVE IN THE IN CITIES.

NOW BEEN THAT CASE FOR OVER A DECADE.

>> SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T UPDATED OUR VIEW OF NATIVE PEOPLE FOR.

YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

THE BOOK FOLLOWS A DOZEN CHARACTERS.

MANY BATTLING DEMONS LIKE ADDICTION AND CRIMINAL RECORDS.

>> AS THEY DESCEND ON A GIANT POWWOW IN OAKLAND.

>> PAOLO FOR FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN URBAN CENTERS REALLY A PLACE TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY.

AND AND 2 CONNECT TO SOME TRADITIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE OLDER.

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY CHOSE THERE'S THERE AS IT'S ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO SELECTION LIBRARY COMMISSIONER CHRIS BROWN SAYS CITY READERS HAVE REALLY EMBRACED >> IT'S REALLY A STORY ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF IDENTITY IT'S A STORY ABOUT THE CHANGING NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

AND I THINK IN A CITY LIKE CHICAGO, WHERE WE JUST WE'RE HOME TO SO MANY DIFFERENT VOICES.

IT'S IT'S A STORY THAT THAT WOULD RESONATE AND WE'RE GLAD THAT HE ORANGE RECENTLY GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE BOOK BEFORE A PACKED AUDIENCE AT THE HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY.

LAST WEDNESDAY, I FELT COMPLETELY HONORED AND AMAZED THAT.

>> THIS FAR INTO THE BOOKS LIFE THAT IT STILL IS GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED TO READ AND AND CHICAGO'S OR A SPECIAL TIME.

>> THE BOOK'S INTRODUCTION TACKLES DIFFICULT THEMES OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY.

FOR INSTANCE, THAT NATIVES WERE MASSACRED AROUND THE TIME OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.

HE SAYS THAT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHEN FAMILIES COME TOGETHER FOR THE HOLIDAY, WE KNOW CERTAIN ASPECTS AND TALK ABOUT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THIS COUNTRY.

>> IS NOT INNOCENT, BUT THEY THE NATIVE AMERICAN STORY.

IT'S STILL YET TO BE REALLY ADJUSTED BY AMERICAN PEOPLE.

OR IS ABOUT TO PUBLISH HIS NEXT NOVEL, WHICH HE SAYS IS A PREQUEL AND SEQUEL TO THERE