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"<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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Omakayas: Protagonist - eight year old girl- main character
- Angeline: Protagonist's older sister.
- Mama: Runs the household.
- Nokomis: Mama's mother.
- Deydey: Dad. Hunter. Stern.
- Grandma: Add a description of this character.
- Andeg: Pet crow. That will bring a laugh into the story once and a while
- Neewo: Baby brother.
- Nanabozho
- Mikwam
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
SHE WAS NAMED OMAKAYAS, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop.
Table of Contents edit
The Girl from Spirit Island
NEEBIN (Summer)
1. The Birchbark House
2. Old Tallow
3. The Return
4. Andeg
DAGWAGING (Fall)
5. Fishtail's Pipe
6. Pinch
7. The Move
8. First Snow
BIBOON (Winter)
9. The Blue Ferns
10. The Visitor
11. Hunger
ZEEGWUN (Spring)
12. Maple Sugar Time
13. One Horn's Protection
14. Full Circle
Author's note on the Ojibwa language
Glossary
Glossary edit
- adisokaan: A traditional story that often helps explain how to live as an Ojibwa.
- ahneen: a greeting, sometimes in the form of a question.
- Akeeng: the earth
- amik: beaver
- apitchi: robin
- Anishinabe: the original name for the Ojibwa or Chippewa people.
- ashaageshinh: crayfish
- Awausesee: the catfish dodem, or clan, a group within the Ojibwa tribe.
- ayah: yes
- bekayaan: be quiet
- biboon: winter
- booni: leave it alone
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in The Birchbark House. (standard series)
Followed by The Game of Silence.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Louise Erdrich (Author)
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Values › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › United States › Fiction › Other
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Native American › Erdrich, Louise
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( E ) › Erdrich, Louise
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Multicultural Stories › Native North & South Americans
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
- Books › Children's Books › Literature
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