



The Recruiters forcibly detain the Indigenous peoples in facilities modeled after residential schools for the purpose of marrow harvesting the goal is to restore the ability to dream to non-Indigenous people. Coastlines have slowly disintegrated, allowing cities to fall into the ocean, and earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis have wiped out communities. Dimaline describes a world plagued by natural disasters, with vivid descriptions of persistent rains, poisoned water, a shortage of food, and supersized wildlife. Millions have died in the wake of global warming, and those who remain have experienced such extensive trauma that they have lost the ability to dream.
