The Raven and the Loon

The Raven and the LoonIn the time before animals were as they are today, Raven and Loon were both white. Their feathers had no colour at all. Raven spent his days swooping through the sky trying to fight off his incessant boredom, while Loon spent her days in her iglu working away on her sewing. One day, too bored to even fly, Raven visited Loon and suggested a sewing game that would give their feathers some much needed colour. The results not at all what the two birds

her father believes that if he works hard

Winner of an American Indian Youth Literature Award

until they have to

continues this momentous tradition

Based on interviews Treuer conducted with ten elders this anthol-ogy presents the elders' stories transcribed in Ojibwe with English translation on facing pages

author of The Carnivore Way and The Wolf's Tooth

Bkejwanong means “where the waters part

and help you achieve integrity-based results

In Rounding the Human Corners

and white supremacy

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while also serving as a testament to the resilience of the Dakota and other indigenous peoples who have lived in this region from time immemorial