The birchbark house
by Louise Erdrich · first published 1999
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[In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family's history, wants to tell about 'us', from the inside. The Birchbark House establishes its own ground, in the vicinity of Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' books. --The New York Times Book Review
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…livestock, or kill the deer ourselves. There are already animals I will not eat unless it's necessary for survival. Whales. Wolves. Bears. Raptors. Chimpanzees. The list is fairly long. Consider reading The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich[0], about Omakayas and her family (Anishinaabe, 1847) living through the seasons of a year. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birchbark_House
on “Ask HN: Would you stop eating meat after AI unlocks communication with animals?” ↗Another argument for trimming the extra layers and doing more things for ourselves, depending on ability. If you have children and read to them, consider The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich for its example of seasonal living and adjusting to new settlers from overseas. The land I'm on now (pacific northwest, west of the Cascade range) is generally so modified to the point…
on “First steps toward a whole-body map of molecular responses to exercise” ↗…grade school style overview of the history and really well done as that. I do better with text than most but I still think this style communication has a lot of advantages and should be used more. * The Birchbark House series by Louise Erdrich (historical fiction, starting at the end of the period Fur Trade Nation covers) - I've read the first three books and while they are aimed at children they have complex characters…
on “Books I Loved Reading in 2024” ↗…Videogames are some of the low-hanging fruit of pass-time options. As someone who promotes rewilding (the land, water, and ourselves- changing our habits towards a pre-agricultural existence, like in The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich; I'm reading this series to my child), is recommend minimizing the time spent indoctrinating children into the wonderful world of computers, and maximizing the time you spend together…
on “Ask HN: In-game purchases: addiction or harmless entertainment?” ↗