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132 pages 4 hours read

Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Angeline BoulleyFiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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Short Answer

1. In North America, the Ojibwe are one of the largest tribal nations among present-day Indigenous peoples with roughly 320,000 members across the United States and Canada. Are you familiar with the Ojibwe community? What do you know about their culture and practices?

Teaching Suggestion: Students’ knowledge of the Ojibwe – also known as the Chippewa – may be sparse. If students cannot answer the questions, they can deepen their knowledge of the Ojibwe by reviewing the links below and investigating additional resources they discover on their own.

Differentiation Suggestion: For those students who might have trouble absorbing the Ojibwe-specific terminology and phrases, you may want to pre-teach students a list of challenging vocabulary from the book. This vocabulary could include specific words/phrases in the Ojibwe language (refer to this blurred text
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