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A-wa-sa-si is an elderly healer in Oona’s traditional village. A-wa-sa-si names Oona “Night Flying Woman” because Oona is born during an eclipse. When the villagers are displaced, A-wa-sa-si travels with Oona and her family to a reservation, and they live communally together. A-wa-sa-si teaches Oona many traditional stories about Ojibway culture, and she also teaches Oona how to practice traditional medicine, based on gathering and using wild herbs.
A-wa-sa-si Quotes in Night Flying Woman
The Night Flying Woman quotes below are all either spoken by A-wa-sa-si or refer to A-wa-sa-si . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Six Days’ Journey
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Poor Trees, we are leaving, but you will be gone too after the strangers come. […] Poor squirrels, where will you go after the strangers come?
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The Rainy Country
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The women wove reed mats and cut birch bark. They fastened the mats around the base of the lodge frames and put overlapping birch-bark sheets on the upper part. Then the lodges were ready.
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We know the secrets of the forest and receive the gifts of a Generous Spirit. These we repay by honoring and respecting the living things in the forests: the animal people and the plant life which in itself is life-giving. We do not waste the precious gifts, but share them with our brothers.
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A-wa-sa-si Quotes in Night Flying Woman
The Night Flying Woman quotes below are all either spoken by A-wa-sa-si or refer to A-wa-sa-si . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Six Days’ Journey
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Poor Trees, we are leaving, but you will be gone too after the strangers come. […] Poor squirrels, where will you go after the strangers come?
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The Rainy Country
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The women wove reed mats and cut birch bark. They fastened the mats around the base of the lodge frames and put overlapping birch-bark sheets on the upper part. Then the lodges were ready.
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We know the secrets of the forest and receive the gifts of a Generous Spirit. These we repay by honoring and respecting the living things in the forests: the animal people and the plant life which in itself is life-giving. We do not waste the precious gifts, but share them with our brothers.
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