Antelope Woman

Antelope Woman is a novel by Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) author Louise Erdrich. First published in 1998 as The Antelope Wife, Erdrich revised and updated the text in 2012 and re-issued it, adding new content, storylines, and chapters. Like much of Erdrich’s other work, the novel is a multi-generational story of both Indigenous and white families set in and around traditional Ojibwe lands in North Dakota and Minnesota. Erdrich is known for her use of magical realism, and Antelope Woman makes use of both realistic and fantastical elements to both tell the story of the Roy and Shawano families and create a narrative that engages with major aspects of Ojibwe history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Erdrich is also known for the polyvocality of her writing, and Antelope Woman examines a large cast of characters, each filling in their own particular part of the story. Antelope Woman engages with the themes related to the intersection of Gender and Indigeneity, The Impact of Relocation Policy on Ojibwe People and Their Communities, and Traditional Ojibwe Culture in Modernity.