Kash Kachu (White House): Volume 1: Revenge of the Katchina

…In the desert southwest about a thousand years ago, two brothers fight for control of an ancient holy city wracked by drought, famine and disbelief…Marauders attack the homeland. Rain Spirits don’t come anymore. Gardens are drying up. Palaces are falling apart. Ordinaries are moving away.…someone somewhere is doing something wrong…Amid these curses, Baby Bear, a devout but naïve country boy, comes to the sacred canyon on a pilgrimage only to discover an uncomfortable truth—the ruling lords of Kach Kachu dress up in masks and costumes to frighten the ordinaries, the local tribes they’ve enslaved. Baby Bear uncovers other secrets along the way, leading to a bloody clash between himself and Knife Wing, his older half-brother, who wants to overthrow their elderly father, Antelope Man, chief lord of the homeland.…it’s how things work in the canyon…Kash Kachu (White House) is a fictionalized account of the collapse of the advanced Native American civilization centered in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. According to the latest archaeological evidence, a group of rapacious lords from Mesoamerica used their extensive knowledge of the cycles of the sun and moon to enslave less sophisticated tribes living in the Chaco region. Even today, the descendants of these original tribes still whisper about a mythical sky-city where “many bad things” are said to have happened.