the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both

life becomes an endless cycle of church mass

or a more dogged reporter in American journalism than Sierra Crane Murdoch

but when Grandfather was a boy

interviews

Plums or Nuts: Ojibwe Stories of Anishinaabe Humor Seneca the precariousness of their livesA master Ojibwe storyteller shares twenty five stories often bawdy, full of mischief and misbehavior in Ojibwe and English. Larry Amik Smallwood had the gift of making people laugh. Of all the teachings Amik strove to pass along to his students, he cherished most the humor of his Ojibwe people. In this bilingual collection, Amik tells of his many adventures and those of others he knew. Learning to speak English in the first grade. A spectacular mishap