Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood rez Elaina Albers of Northern California

Elaina Albers of Northern California holds a tape player to her womb so her baby can hear old songs in Karuk

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with inadequate shelter

and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story

Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood rez Elaina Albers of Northern CaliforniaMaude Kegg's memories build a bridge to a time when building birch bark wigwams and harvesting turtles were still part of the everyday life of a native girl in the mid west. In this bilingual book, this elder of the Minnesota Anishinaabe reminisces about her childhood. An English translation of each story appears on pages facing the original Ojibwe text, and the editor John Nicholds has included a full Ojibwe English glossary with study aids.