ojibwa indians

In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share.

A Bungee Indian tale tells how, in releasing the captive sun in return for a promise, the beaver came to look like he does today.

Examines the history of the Ojibwa people, and looks at aspects of their traditional ways of life, including homes, communities, clothing, food, tools, weapons, defense, religion and beliefs, ceremonies and celebrations, music and dance, language and storytelling, and art. Includes an art activity, and a time line.

Discusses the Ojibwa Indians, focusing on their tradition of gathering wild rice. Includes a rice recipe and instructions for making a dream catcher.

Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Ojibwa Indians.

A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Ojibwe Indians.

While cleaning up their great-great-uncle's house in preparation for selling it, thirteen-year-old Roy and his eleven-year-old brother, Jason, find two strange little doors and learn that someone is trying to open them to get what lies between.

A journey made across snowbound lands by animals in search of the missing Birds of Summer results in the return of the warm season.

The first book in Erdrich's Native American tetralogy that includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace is an authentic and emotionally powerful glimpse into the Native American experience.

In the land of the Ojibway a baby sleeps, protected from bad dreams, as the life of the tribe goes on around him.