Akron Public Library

In a small boat like those her Native American ancestors have used for countless generations, the author travels to Ojibwe home ground, the islands of Lake of the Woods in southern Ontario. Her only companions are her new baby and the baby's father, an Ojibwe spiritual leader, on a pilgrimage to the sacred rock paintings their people have venerated for centuries as mystical "teaching and dream guides," and where Ojibwe still leave offerings of tobacco...

It is career day in Liam's third-grade class on the Ojibwa reservation, but Liam is having trouble deciding what he wants to do when he grows up, and he is not sure what to put in the essay he has to write.

When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.

"Vain Beaver is inordinately proud of his silky tail, to the point where he alienates his fellow woodland creatures with his boasting. When it is flattened in an accident (of his own making), he learns to value its new shape and seeks to make amends with his friends. Based on an Ojibwe legend"--Provided by publisher.

Dale Ann, Theresa, and Margie, a trio of American Indian women, from the 1970s to the present, observe their coming of age and the intersection of their lives as they navigate love, economic hardship, loss, and changing family dynamics on the fictional Mozhay Point reservation.

"When a community of Anishinabe people, with their natural resources dwindling, needs to find a new home, Evan Whitesky leads a dangerous mission back to their ancestral home in the Great Lakes region, during which they encounter other survivors, some who thrive on violence"--

On a snowy day Liam's school is having a lockdown drill, but being shut in still makes eight-year-old Liam anxious--until he finds a errant caterpillar and focuses his attention on the chilled insect.

Liam is an Ojibwa boy starting at a new school, and he is self conscious because of his cleft lip--especially after another boy tells him that he looks like a lion.

Liam and his mother find an injured pigeon, and his mother insists on taking it to the wildlife center, explaining that while some people think of pigeons as pests, every animal deserves care, respect, and a place in the world.