Ojibwe men and women—fully modern workers who carried with them rich traditions of culture and work—patched together sources of income and took on new roles as labor demands changed through World War I and the Depression

Contemporary and authentic

boldly unconventional medicine from Vine Deloria Jr

Metis and Inuit communities from the 1920s through the 1970s

Klara and the Sun music Ojibwe men and women—fully modern"What stays with you in 'Klara and the Sun' is the haunting narrative voice a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear." Booker Prize committee Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street