Starlight-Wagamese Teacher Guide and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

family bonds

First Nations resistance to it in British Columbia from the Douglas treaties in the early 1850s to the formal transfer of reserves to the Dominion in 1938

the private life of the female chief

has not always led to justice for Native Americans

Starlight-Wagamese Teacher Guide and Niigaanwewidam James SinclairStarlight by Richard Wagamese (Ojibwe from the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations in northwestern Ontario) is the story of Frank Starlight who has long settled into a quiet life working his remote farm, but his contemplative existence comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of Emmy, who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. Starlight takes in Emmy and her daughter to help them get back on their feet,