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Trouble at Fort La Pointe

by Kathleen Ernst
2000
In the early 1700's, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest so that he can quit being a voyageur and stay with his family year-round, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.

Love medicine

a novel
Examines the lives of several generations of families who live on and around a Chippewa reservation in North Dakota, following various characters who suffer due to government policies, poverty, alcoholism, and other problems.
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Chickadee

In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
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Makoons

2018
Living with their Ojibwe family on the Great Plains of Dakota Territory in 1866, twin brothers Makoons and Chickadee must learn to become buffalo hunters, but Makoons has a vision that foretells great challenges that his family may not be able to overcome.
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Bowwow powwow =

Bagosenjige-niimi'idim
2018
"When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group, and traditional dancers, grass dancers, and jingle-dress dancers--all with telltale ears and paws and tails. All celebrating in song and dance. All attesting to the wonder of the powwow"--Provided by publisher.
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Sootface

an Ojibwa Cinderella story
Although she is mocked and mistreated by her two older sisters, an Indian maiden wins a mighty invisible warrior to be her husband with her kind and honest heart.
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Deadly aim

the Civil War story of Michigan's Anishinaabe sharpshooters
2019
". . . middle-grade nonfiction narrative of the American Indian soldiers who . . . fought in the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
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The creator's game

a story of baaga'adowe/lacrosse
"Eleven-year-old Travis Skinaway learns about his American Indian culture and history as he practices the Creator's game, lacrosse"--Provided by publisher.
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Apple in the middle

"Bouncing in the middle of two cultures, Apple meets her Indian relatives, shatters Indian stereotypes, and learns what it means to find her place in a world divided by color."--Provided by publisher.
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The water walker

2017
Looks at the efforts of Nokomis Josephine Mandamin and her supporters to walk to the Great Lakes in the name of water conservation.
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