With his debut novel,
Winter Counts, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, PhD ’07, became one of just a handful of Native American writers ever nominated for an Edgar Award, the highest honor in the world of mystery fiction.
Published in 2020, the back cover of the book features rave reviews from, among others, Tommy Orange and Stephen Graham Jones, two leading authors in the new wave of Native American writing that spans both genre and literary fiction.
Weiden, an enrolled citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and a former attorney who teaches Native American studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver, themed his book around the 1885 Major Crimes Act, which places felony crimes committed on a Native reservation under federal jurisdiction. His protagonist, Virgil Wounded Horse, is a vigilante trying to catch heroin dealers bringing drugs onto Native land.
ColoradoBiz Magazine
Call it the new generation of light beers
December 28, 2020
Call it the new generation of light beers: Reflecting a national trend centered around healthy living, Colorado breweries including Oskar Blues, Ska, Odell and New Belgium have begun rolling out low-calorie, low-carb brews targeted at consumers with active lifestyles.
“Both in hardcore craft drinkers and craft-curious people, the lighter option is seeing a little bit of a resurgence,” says Aaron Baker, senior marketing manager for Oskar Blues, whose new One-y IPA has 4% alcohol by volume and 100 calories per 12-ounce can, as opposed to the 6.5% ABV and 150 calories in its flagship Dale’s Pale Ale.