The birchbark house
About this book
[In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family's history, wants to tell about 'us', from the inside. The Birchbark House establishes its own ground, in the vicinity of Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' books. --The New York Times Book Review
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL479039W
Subjects
FictionJuvenile fictionOjibwa IndiansIndians of North AmericaIslandsSeasonsIslands in fictionIndians of North America in fictionSuperior, Lake, Region in fictionSeasons in fictionOjibwa Indians in fictionChildren's fictionIndians of north america, ojibway indians, fictionSuperior, lake, fictionIslands, fictionSeasons, fictionAmerican Indian-Early life-FictionOjibwa-Fiction