and beliefs

"Red Medicine" suggests that Indigenous healing systems can usefully point contemporary people back to ancestral teachings and help them reconnect to the dynamics of the natural world

It's also intended to convey how vital it is to become conscious of our own important role in our own natural world

who she loved

Fontaine recounts their stories from an Ojibway-Anishinabe perspective using Ojibwaymowin language and knowledge

The Light People missing women and beliefsTaking inspiration from traditional Anishinabe stories and drawing from his own family's storytelling tradition, Gordon Henry, Jr., has woven a tapestry of interlocking narratives in The Light People, a novel of surpassing emotional strength. His characters tell of their experiences, dreams, and visions in a multitude of literary styles and genres. Poetry, drama, legal testimony, letters, and essays combine with more conventional narrative techniques