The porcupine year /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Erdrich, Louise
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2008]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Ojibwa Indians > Juvenile fiction. Ojibwa Indians > Fiction. Indians of North America > Superior, Lake, Region > Fiction. Family life > Superior, Lake, Region > Fiction. Voyages and travels > Fiction. Superior, Lake, Region > History > 19th century > Fiction.

Table of 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.