Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and both boys are abused by priests.
As young men, estranged from their own people and alienated from the culture imposed upon them, the Okimasis brothers fight to survive. Wherever they go, the Fur Queen--a wily, shape-shifting trickster--watches over them with a protective eye. For Jeremiah and Gabriel are destined to be artists. Through music and dance they soar.
- ISBN10 0385258801
- ISBN13 9780385258807
- Publish Date 14 September 1999 (first published 13 March 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Anchor Canada
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 320
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780385258807