The Porcupine Year
New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2008]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.
Contents:
Prologue -- 1. Night hunting -- 2. Porcupine soup -- 3. The Memegwesi -- 4. Bears and heart berries -- 5. Prayer feathers -- 6. The path of butterflies -- 7. Trail of ash -- 8. The capture -- 9. Pushing on -- 10. What was left -- 11. Windigoo moon -- 12. Aadizookaanag -- 13. Cry of the dove -- 14. Cousins -- 15. Two strike's pain -- 16. The woman lodge -- Author's note on the Ojibwe language -- Glossary and pronunciation guide of Ojibwe terms -- A few book notes.
Subjects:
Ojibwa Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction.
Ojibwa Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
9780060297879 (trade bdg.)
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Includes bibliographical references.