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Michael is half-white and half-Ojibway. He and Oona get married when she is a teenager, and together—along with several other community members—they build a thriving farm and have children. Oona uses her dreaming powers to save Michael’s life when some white men capture and kidnap Michael, Oona, and Michael’s brother Little Brother.
Michael Quotes in Night Flying Woman
The Night Flying Woman quotes below are all either spoken by Michael or refer to Michael . 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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Prologue: The Forest Cries
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No Indian family dared approach the relief and welfare agencies of the Twin Cities. They knew that they would only be given a bus ticket and be told to go back to the reservation where the government would take care of them as usual.
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Oona Becomes a Woman
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Oona was so busy with the farm work that she had little time to meditate, so her powers as a Dreamer lay dormant.
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There were white peoples’ homesteads here and there, so the three were very careful and quiet. They did not want to be seen by the pale strangers.
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Times of Change
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Then came the laws to control the fishing, the hunting, and the trapping, even on the reservation lands.
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Around 1910 the big logging companies moved west and many Ojibway had to find work in smaller camps.
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Michael Quotes in Night Flying Woman
The Night Flying Woman quotes below are all either spoken by Michael or refer to Michael . 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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Prologue: The Forest Cries
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No Indian family dared approach the relief and welfare agencies of the Twin Cities. They knew that they would only be given a bus ticket and be told to go back to the reservation where the government would take care of them as usual.
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Oona Becomes a Woman
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Oona was so busy with the farm work that she had little time to meditate, so her powers as a Dreamer lay dormant.
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There were white peoples’ homesteads here and there, so the three were very careful and quiet. They did not want to be seen by the pale strangers.
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Times of Change
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Then came the laws to control the fishing, the hunting, and the trapping, even on the reservation lands.
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Around 1910 the big logging companies moved west and many Ojibway had to find work in smaller camps.
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