Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong drum as she alters the shape

as she alters the shape of things around her and the shape of things to come

both men and women

Erdrich traces the indelible traumas of racism and sexual violence and celebrates the vitality and depth of Chippewa life…Erdrich at her radiant best

cultural persistence

Sherman dispels outdated notions of Native American fare—no fry bread or Indian tacos here—and no European staples such as wheat flour

Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong drum as she alters the shapeAward winning author Linda LeGarde Grover interweaves family and Ojibwe history with stories from Misaabekong (the place of the giants) on Lake Superior. Long before there was a Duluth, Minnesota, the massive outcropping that divides the city emerged from the ridge of gabbro rock running along the westward shore of Lake Superior. A great westward migration carried the Ojibwe people to this place, the Point of Rocks. Against this backdrop Misaabekong,