The birchbark house
Seasons, fiction
First contact with Europeans
Ojibwa Indians
Islands, fiction
Seasons
Islands
Girls
Indians of North America
Children's fiction
Juvenile fiction
History
Fiction
[In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, dr…
Not available to read online
This scan is restricted to patrons with print disabilities and can't be borrowed with a regular free account — signing up won't unlock it. Try Toronto Public Library, Libby, or Amazon above instead.