{"id":639440,"date":"2026-06-18T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=639440"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:52:55","slug":"native-america-calling-the-home-of-the-drowned-elin-anna-labba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/18\/native-america-calling-the-home-of-the-drowned-elin-anna-labba\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: &#8216;The Home of the Drowned&#8217; by Elin Anna Labba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, June 18, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nNative Bookshelf: \u201cThe Home of the Drowned\u201d by Elin Anna Labba\r\n<\/div>\r\nSweden\u2019s surging demand for electricity to power its mid 20th century modernization had life-changing consequences for the country\u2019s Indigenous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S\u00e1mi_people\">S\u00e1mi people<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n In her new novel, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4w1LYAy\">The Home of the Drowne<\/a>d,\u201d author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elin_anna\/\">Elin Anna Labba<\/a> tells the fictional account of a family forced out of their village by the construction of a series of hydroelectric dams that flood their village. It\u2019s based on the real account of the creation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akkajaure\">Lake Akkajaure<\/a> that displaced hundreds of S\u00e1mi people. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-7>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4vhV8Zo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"639446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/18\/native-america-calling-the-home-of-the-drowned-elin-anna-labba\/thehomeofthedrowned\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/18\/TheHomeofTheDrowned.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"667,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;The Home of the Drowned: A Novel&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;The Home of the Drowned: A Novel&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/4vhV8Zo&gt;The Home of the Drowned: A Novel&lt;\/a&gt;&amp;#8221; by Elin Anna Labba (&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/9781517918958\/the-home-of-the-drowned\/&gt;University of Minnesota Press 2026&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/18\/TheHomeofTheDrowned.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/18\/TheHomeofTheDrowned.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;The Home of the Drowned: A Novel&#039;\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-639446\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> &#8220;<a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/4vhV8Zo>The Home of the Drowned: A Novel<\/a>&#8221; by Elin Anna Labba (<a href=https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/9781517918958\/the-home-of-the-drowned\/>University of Minnesota Press 2026<\/a>)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThrough the eyes of 13-year-old I\u014bg\u00e1, readers live through the Sami struggle to adapt to a way of life that is removed from their traditional herding culture. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/9781517918958\/the-home-of-the-drowned\/\">The Home of the Drowned<\/a>\u201d is a heartbreaking account of Indigenous resilience in Sweden. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAuthor Elin Anna Labba joins Native America Calling for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/category\/special-features\/native-bookshelf\/\">Native Bookshelf feature<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; 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