![]() Her daily routine brings sibling rivalry, adventures with playmates, and daily chores helping her mother, medicine gathering with her grandmother. The story revolves around the day-to-day life of Omakayas, her parents, siblings, and grandparents. Their arrival forebodes difficult years ahead for this Ojibwe camp as settlers and the American government begin their pressure for the Ojibwe to move their camps further west. This loving family enjoys a satisfying and happy way of life but everything changes during the summer season when a raggedy group of distant relative stumbles into their camp in search of food and shelter. ![]() The reader follows the daily life of 9-year-old Omakayas and her extended family during the yearly cycle of activities in 1849. The Game of Silence is the second children's novel in Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich's trilogy about the life of a 19th century Ojibwe family set on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. ![]()
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