"Johnston has created a story that radiates compassion, humor, and hope ... [His] story is essentially about the boys' refusal to be victimized. Unwittingly they learned the ways of psychic survival in adverse circumstances. In being rebellious, defiant, and insubordinate, they r...
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Autobiography of Basil Johnston, a native Ojibway, who was taken from his family at age 10 and placed in a residential school in northern Ontario.
Nine traditional Ojibway tales accompanied by contemporary native art
These are the stories of the manitous--the spirits who inhabit the supernatural world of the Ojibway (the Native American tribe of the Great Lakes and central Canada region). Harvested by an eminent expert from an ancient oral tradition, these sacred stories introduce wily tricks...
Provides insight into the history of Native Americans and reservation life through the story of the author's grandmother Rosa and the remarkable life of her son David, who was born with Down syndrome, but determined to learn.
Don Diego Vega, from the sleepy colony of California, is a cadet at the royal military academy in Spain. His father, Don Alejandro, is alcalde of the Los Angeles region. Don Diego disdains California as boring and insufferably rustic; but returns obediently when called home. W...
Legends of the Anishinaubaek (Ojibway First Nations) translated into English and illustrated by a Santee/Oglala artist.