he becomes a ward of the state of Wisconsin and enters the child welfare system - foster care

and leisure activities of the Ojibwe people

Julie Flett is a Vancouver-based Cree/Metis author

After being orphaned in a most peculiar way

She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy)

Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder mediamail he becomes a ward of25th anniversary edition. An Unforgettable Journey into the Native American Experience. Against an unflinching backdrop of 1990s reservation life and the majestic spaces of the western Dakotas, Neither Wolf nor Dog tells the story of two men, one white and one Indian, locked in their own understandings yet struggling to find a common voice. In this award winning book, acclaimed author Kent Nerburn draws us deep into the world of a Native American