Summary of Louise Erdrich's Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 The Ojibwe people originally lived in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Manitoba, and North Dakota. They spoke the Algonquin language, which was later renamed Ojibwemowin. The word mazina is the root for dozens of words that relate to made images and the substances upon which they are drawn.

#2 The Ojibwe had been using the word mazinibaganjigan for years to describe dental pictographs made on birchbark. They believed that these books were sacred, and that the land bridge theory was a concept convenient to non-Indians.

#3 I hate to leave home, and I always find myself doing things that I have put off for months, even years, just at the last minute. I always change my will, then clean out cabinets and file old letters. I make certain that we all have sufficient underwear, money, and phone numbers.

#4 I have named each tree in my backyard, and I love them dearly. They are a source of light and shade, and they provide an ever-shifting pattern of shadows on the old cream-colored walls of my house.