{"id":9215277433069,"title":"Napesni Renegade","handle":"napesni-renegade","description":"\u003ch6\u003eComing July 21, 2026. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eNapesni Renegade\u003c\/h1\u003e\n \u003ch2\u003eA Bison's Journey\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/marcie-rendon\"\u003eMarcie R. Rendon\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/sam-zimmerman\"\u003eSam Zimmerman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey call him Renegade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNapesni likes to stamp his hooves and sniff and snort in the dry dust of Cheyenne River Reservation. That all changes, though, when ranchers capture him and bring him to Minnesota instead. 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Rendon, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, author, playwright, poet, and freelance writer. Also a community arts activist, Rendon supports other Native creators and is a speaker for colleges and community groups about Native issues, leadership, writing. Marcie is an award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear Mystery series for adults and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works. 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Napesni Renegade

Coming July 21, 2026. Pre-order today!

Napesni Renegade

A Bison's Journey

By: Marcie R. Rendon / Illustrated by: Sam Zimmerman

They call him Renegade.

Napesni likes to stamp his hooves and sniff and snort in the dry dust of Cheyenne River Reservation. That all changes, though, when ranchers capture him and bring him to Minnesota instead. Sad, lonely, and homesick, Napesni searches for his family and home in this adventurous story.

Once safely located and protected, Napesni finds a new home through the Red Lake Reservation Buffalo Herd, an organization with the ultimate goal of restoring bison to their previous numbers.

Napesni Renegade introduces a story based on true events to young readers in this lyrical and gorgeously illustrated picture book.

Maximum quantity available reached.

Marcie R. Rendon, author

Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, author, playwright, poet, and freelance writer. Also a community arts activist, Rendon supports other Native creators and is a speaker for colleges and community groups about Native issues, leadership, writing. Marcie is an award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear Mystery series for adults and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works. She is the creative mind behind Raving Native Theater, curating community-created performances.

Read more about Marcie.


Sam Zimmerman, illustrator

Artist and educator Sam Zimmerman is a proud direct descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe). Drawing on ancestral connections, Sam continues the Anishinaabe tradition of storytelling, embedding themes of environmental stewardship and conservation in his studio and public art commissions. Sam illustrated Following My Spirit Home: A Collection of Paintings and Stories, a silver finalist for a Midwest Book Award, and How the Birds Got Their Songs. He lives in Duluth, Minnesota, and regularly explores the natural beauty of Minnesota’s North Shore as the artist in residence at Tettegouche State Park in Silver Bay.

Read more about Sam.

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Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-627-4

Ages: 3–7
Page count: 32
11 x 81/2

Publication date: July 21, 2026