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Shadow spirits cast by the fire danced across the dome of the wigwam, and Older Brother watched them carefully. Spirits were powerful in the world of the Chippewa, and when at last he picked out the figure of a crane, he decided with relief that the shadow spirits were friendly ones. The crane with his clan totem; perhaps its spirit would bring his family good magic as they moved from camp to camp.
The Chippewa followed a life of unvarying seasonal travel: spring, at the maple-sugar groves; summer, on the lake shore; autumn, working in the rice fields; winter, deep in the protective forests. Here, vividly portrayed through the Crane family's activities, is a complete picture of the way the Chippewa lived, from the building of a birch-bark canoe to the training of a medicine man, or midé. There is also a final chapter on how these Indians live today. Patricia Boodell's lively, detailed drawings match the accuracy and dramatic interest of the book.
–From the dust jacket
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