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The Chippewa or Ojibwe people are a group of tribes indigenous to the Great Lakes area of the United States and parts of eastern Canada.
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Chippewa/Ojibwe Term Timeline in The Plague of Doves
The timeline below shows where the term Chippewa/Ojibwe appears in The Plague of Doves. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
3. A Little Nip
...relative comfort and wealth on the reservation. Though the entire family is mixed-race (French and Chippewa), and though Mooshum eventually abandons the church entirely, they still all live in Bureau of...
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5. Holy Track
...men push past Severine, declaring their intention to hang Asiginak. In despair, Asiginak shouts in Ojibwe, “I don’t want to die alone.” Holy Track then steps out from behind the pews,...
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...the White men responds by jamming the butt of his gun into Cuthbert’s head. In Ojibwe, Cuthbert whispers that Holy Track will be saved; after all, there is a boy about...
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