{"product_id":"the-dance-boots-linda-legarde-grover-9780820342177","title":"The Dance Boots","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this stirring collection of linked stories, Linda LeGarde Grover portrays an Ojibwe community struggling to follow traditional ways of life in the face of a relentlessly changing world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story an aunt recounts the harsh legacy of Indian boarding schools that tried to break the indigenous culture. In doing so she passes on to her niece the Ojibwe tradition of honoring elders through their stories. In \"Refugees Living and Dying in the West End of Duluth,\" this same niece comes of age in the 1970s against the backdrop of her forcibly dispersed family. A cycle of boarding schools, alcoholism, and violence haunts these stories even as the characters find beauty and solace in their large extended families. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its attention to the Ojibwe language, customs, and history, this unique collection of riveting stories illuminates the very nature of storytelling. \u003ci\u003eThe Dance Boots\u003c\/i\u003e narrates a century's evolution of Native Americans making choices and compromises, often dictated by a white majority, as they try to balance survival, tribal traditions, and obligations to future generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Legarde Grover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820342173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820342177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d","brand":"Linda Legarde Grover","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042824712447,"sku":"9780820342177","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c6e7f54-585e-4740-99fb-d7109a44a181.jpg?v=1684963750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dance-boots-linda-legarde-grover-9780820342177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}