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The Birchbark House
''The Birchbark House'' is a 1999 indigenous juvenile realistic fiction novel by Louise Erdrich, and is the first book in a four book series known as The Birchbark series. The story follows the life of Omakayas and her Ojibwe community beginning in 1847 near present day Lake Superior. ''The Birchbark House'' has received rave reviews and was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for young people’s fiction.
==Plot summary==
The prologue depicts a group of Ojibwa fur traders finding the sole survivor of a smallpox epidemic on an island, a baby girl. One of the men decides to tell his wife, because he knew she would want to go for the baby.
After the prologue the novel continues that the eyes of A seven winters old young girl, Omakayas ("her name means "little frog"). The circular motion of the Ojibwa culture is represented through the motions of the four seasons, Neebin (summer), Nagwaging (fall). Biboon (winter), and Meegwun (spring). The community in each season works together to hunt, build, gather, and survive. Omakayas cares for her family because she knew that with the winter comes a smallpox epidemic, she learns about her connection to all nature, and discovers her gift of dreams. The most important thing omakayas learns about she is why she didn’t get smallpox when most everyone in the community did. Unfortunately Neewo died. She discovers she is the child that survived the epidemic on the island and that although her parents raised her as theirs and she was adopted by them. Omakayas sees this as a blessing because she was able to care for her family to help them survive the disease.
The novel includes decorative pencil drawings, as a map of the Ojibwa community, and a glossary of Ojibwa language translations.〔Erdrich, Louise. ''The Birchbark House'', 1999.〕
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