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Typography by Amy Ryan. Jacket art by Erdrich. Jacket design by Amy Ryan.
The Game of Silence (harcover)
Ojibwa Indians -- Fiction
Indians of North America -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Fiction
Superior, Lake, Region -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves West with her family in 1849.
Prologue
Neebin (Summer)
One: The Raggedy Ones
Two: The Game of Silence
Three: Fish Soup
Four: The Red Dog's Puppies
Five: The Canoe Makers
Six: The Ricing Disasters
Dagwaging (Fall)
Seven: The Rabbit Blanket
Eight: The Trader's
Nine: Two Strike's War
Biboon (Winter)
Ten: Old Tallow's Coat
Eleven: Deydey and the Soul Stealer
Twelve: The Messenger
Thirteen: The Wedding Vest
Zeegwun (Spring)
Fourteen: Deydey Guides the Black Robe
Fifteen: Alone with the Spirits
Sixteen: The Return and the Departure
Author's Note on the Ojibwe Language
Glossary and Pronounciation Guide of Ojibwe Terms
"Erdrich has created a world, fictional but real: absorbing, funny, serious, and convincingly human."
The New York Times Book Review
Modified: September 01, 2009,
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