Night Flying Woman Essay

The book is an Ojibway narrative that is told from Broker about her great-great-grandmother, Oona. The book tells the story and the history that the Ojibway people went through to change or civilize to the European (white) ways. Giving up there homes and traditions because the white settlers told them too.
The story starts off about Broker talking about her neighborhood. How she civilized. Her journey from the reservations to the Twin Cities. Telling about the hardships she has to face to adjust to the a different way of life. Explaining how over time, the Ojibway traditions disappeared over generations. Broker learned about her ancestors and their way of life through her great-great-grandmother, Ni-bo-wi-se-gwe, meaning Night Flying Woman (Oona). Oona grew up in her village, learning her cultures way and how to use nature for resources. As she got older, her way of life changes. The White settlers invaded their land, chopping down trees, and relocating them to reservation that the settlers put together. The Natives had no say where they wanted stay. They were soon told to put their children into schooling and to be christian,

Oona was born during the eclipse, where her namer thought of her name. As she grew up, she was taught and trained of her people ways. On her fifth year, they took a six day journey from her home. Moving to stay away from the white settlers. They ended up in a forest surrounded by pines where they started up their new home. She learned how cut hide from deer skin with a beaver’s tooth and threading kernels of corn to make necklace. Her parents and and grandparents showed her new skills at her new home. Believing that the strange people can never find them. On her seventh year, she found a charcoal by her bedside which means that it's time to see if she has a special gift. Where she founds out that she is a dreamer, seeing the