The Birchbark House - Book 3 : The Porcupine Year (PB) Respect since the early 1820s

since the early 1820s

are a double-edged sword that provide greater legal clarity but expand the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada

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is an adapted version of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States but now for teen and young adult readers

Reading Level: 5

The Birchbark House - Book 3 : The Porcupine Year (PB) Respect since the early 1820sThe Porcupine Year is the third children's novel in Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich's series about the life of a 19th century Ojibwe family set on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. This story is set in 1852 and the lead character, Omakayas, is twelve years old as her family is forced to move from their beloved land because of the demands by the chimookomanag, the white people, who are moving closer to the people every year. The family decides to travel