Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong drum Erdrich traces the indelible traumas

Erdrich traces the indelible traumas of racism and sexual violence and celebrates the vitality and depth of Chippewa life…Erdrich at her radiant best

In tandem with other linguistic and narrative methods

both men and women

cultural persistence

the three women's societies of origin the Aztecs of Central Mexico (Malinche)

Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong drum Erdrich traces the indelible traumasAward winning author Linda LeGarde Grover interweaves family and Ojibwe history with stories from Misaabekong (the place of the giants) on Lake Superior. Long before there was a Duluth, Minnesota, the massive outcropping that divides the city emerged from the ridge of gabbro rock running along the westward shore of Lake Superior. A great westward migration carried the Ojibwe people to this place, the Point of Rocks. Against this backdrop Misaabekong,