Seven Aunts

Seven AuntsPart memoir, part cultural history, these memories of seven aunts holding home and family together tell a crucial, often overlooked story of women of the twentieth century. They were German and English, Anishinaabe and French, born in the north woods and Midwestern farm country. They moved again and again, and they fought for each other when men turned mean, when money ran out, when babiesand there were so manyadded more trouble but even more love.

the maple tree who represents their lungs

richly experienced connection to the rest of the planet

Only by moving rhythmically in a dissident

is swept off her feet

Most of the continent's indigenous peoples

historians

as storytelling plays a powerful role in motivating and educating tribal members and others about contemporary issues such as land reclamation

a world of berries

In an edifying synthesis of anthropology

and even what they should look like

Paul Wahasaypa—Siha Tooskin—has invited his friend

This historical fiction novel is inspired by real people and events that were shaped by the land