Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative (Native Voices)

With the art of a practiced storyteller, Ignatia Broker recounts the life of her great-great-grandmother, Night Flying Woman, who was born in the mid-19th century and lived during a chaotic time of en…

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