Gifted Woman Light Around You: Life Stories of Seven Ojibwe Women - Signed Copy

Makoroa Press, Palmerston North, 2011. In tidy condition. Dedication to Anne, signed by the author on title page.

No, I don't want to be Indian. I'm quite happy to be the way I was born: an Australian of English and Irish ancestry. After over 20 years living in Aotearoa (New Zealand) I belong there now as well. This book has not been written as a manual on how to be Indian, but is a snapshot at two points in time (1986 and 1998) of the lives of seven Ojibwe women from Minnesota. I learned from their stories what it means to them to be Indian; and what the other sources of strength were that enabled them to survive bad times and to have a good life.--back cover.