The Seed Keeper

By Diane Wilson
Published: 2021
The Seed Keeper Book Cover

The Seed Keeper is a novel by Diane Wilson—a Mdewakanton descendant enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota—about a Dakhóta woman who, after losing her family and living on a farm devasted by drought and chemicals, returns to her childhood home, buoyed by the connected stories of the women who came before her and their perseverance through generations of trauma.

A woman in a black jacket poses

Photo by Sarah Whiting