| Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative Contributor(s): Broker, Ignatia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873511670 ISBN-13: 9780873511674 Publisher: Borealis Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1983 Annotation: With the art of a practiced storyteller, Ignatia Broker recounts the life of her great-great-grandmother, Night Flying Woman, who was born in the mid-19th century and lived during a chaotic time of enormous change, uprootings, and loss for the Minnesota Ojibway. But this story also tells of her people's great strength and continuity. This popular book is also available on audiotape read by Debra Smith. An enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, she has performed her own poetry on a syndicated radio series on Native writers. Ignatia Broker, who died in 1987, was a story-teller and teacher in the Ojibway tradition. In 1984 she received a Wonder Woman Foundation award honoring her as a woman striving for peace and equality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: 306.089 |
| LCCN: 83013360 |
| Series: Publications of the Minnesota Historical Society |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.45 lbs) 135 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 41136 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the art of a practiced storyteller, Ignatia Broker recounts the life of her great-great-grandmother, Night Flying Woman, who was born in the mid-19th century and lived during a chaotic time of enormous change, uprootings, and loss for the Minnesota Ojibway. But this story also tells of her people's great strength and continuity. |
