Foreword by Louise Erdrich

The story of a girlhood lived in the glow of a woodstove from one of the country's most distinguished and beloved authors

Dorothy Dora Whipple has seen a lot of history

and Changer and tricksters like Mink

and colors in a setting of Coast Salish

Blackfoot Stories of Old governance Foreword by Louise ErdrichThe third volume in the First Nations Language Readers seriesmeant for language learners and language usersthis collection presents eight Blackfoot stories told by Lena Russell Ikkinnihki 'Gentle Singer, ' a fluent speaker of Blackfoot from the Kainai (Blood) reserve in southern Alberta. In contrast with other Algonquian languages, such as Cree and Saulteaux (Ojibwe), Blackfoot is not usually written in syllabics, so these stories are presented in the