| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
Grades 3-7. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 6.0 124700. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
| Subject |
Ojibwa Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
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Superior, Lake, Region -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Fiction.
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| Subject |
Families -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction.
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Indians of North America -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Fiction.
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Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
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Superior, Lake, Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Indians of North America -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction.
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Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction.
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Family life -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Fiction.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Subject |
Ojibwa Indians -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780060297886 reinforced $16.89 |
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0060297883 reinforced $16.89 |
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9780060297879 trade bdg. |
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0060297875 trade bdg. |
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