The Marrow Thieves
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Frenchie's Coming-To Story The Fire Story: Part 1 Magic Words Haunted in the Bush A Plague of Madness The Four Winds Wab's Coming-To Story Story: Part 2 Back into the Woods Miigwans' Coming-To Story Finding Direction The Potential of Change The Other Indians The Way It All Changed The Long Stumble Rogarou Comes Hunting On the Road Found The Miracle of Minerva Loss The Circle Word Arrives in Black Lost and Found and Lost Kiiwen Locks Mean Nothing to Ghosts
Themes
All Themes Cyclical Histories, Language, and Indigenous Oppression Family and Coming of Age Humans and Nature Trauma, Identity, and Pride
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Characters
All Characters Frenchie Miig Wab Minerva RiRi Rose Dad Travis Isaac Chi-Boy Tree Zheegwon Slopper Clarence Derrick Wab's Mother Lincoln
Terms
All Terms Anishnaabe Métis
Symbols
All Symbols Braids Residential Schools
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The Marrow Thieves

by

Cherie Dimaline

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Braids

For Frenchie, his long braid is a source of pride. As far as he's concerned, it signifies his identity as an Indigenous person and within the safety of his family with Miig. The…

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Residential Schools

Canadian residential schools were 19th and 20th century government institutions designed to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children into the mainstream culture of European settlers. The residential schools, both the of the novel's present and of the…

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