Keewaydinoquay.,
Author of Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth
About the Author
Works by Keewaydinoquay.,
Puhpohwee for the People: A Narrative Account of Some Uses of Fungi Among the Ahnishinaabeg (1978) 13 copies
Direction We Know: Walk in Honor (As Told by Keewaydinoquay, "Woman-of-the-Northwest-Wind) (1985) 5 copies
KinnicKinnick "Gift of Bear" (An Origin Tale Never Before Recorded, How to Use Bearberry for Teas, Emergency Food,… (1977) 5 copies
Brave is Mahng is Loon 1 copy
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Keewaydinoquay begins with her training by an Anishinabe healer, which was interrupted (most of her younger years were covered in her book "Stories from my youth"). She speaks of her drive to get an education and professional acceptance in the white world, her experiences as a teacher. More briefly she goes into her life as a mother, as an abused wife and as a single parent.
She presents herself as someone interested in helping all people learn rather than on any focus on her specific tribe or Native peoples in general. However, we do know from a few comments that she had a role in native groups--this just isn't part of this book.… (more)