Three Day Road
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Prologue Ekiiwaniwahk: Returning Takoshininaaniwan: Arrival Monahikewina: Trenches Noohtaawiy: My Father Pasitew: Fire Ntawi Nipahiwewak: Raiding Party Kiskinohanaasowin: Learning Kipwahakan: Captive Kakwapaskinaatowin: Competition Onahaashiwew: Sniper Naatamaasowin: Revenge Shakocihew: Seducing Moosasiniwi Paskisikan: Rifle Kimociwinikewin: Raid Mamishihiwewin: Betrayal Mistatimwak: Horses Omawahtonikew: Collector Pahkonikewin: Skinning Kimotowin: Stealing Onatopaniwiw: Fighter Ishinakwahitisiw: Turning Ka Nipihat Windigowa: Windigo Killer Tapakwewin: Snaring Masinahikewin: Writing Micisow: Feeding Masinahikan: The Letter Piminaawin: Flying Nipahiwewin: Murder Weesageechak: Hero Oniimowi Pineshish: Little Bird Dancer Nipiwin: Dying Ntashiihkewin: Home
Themes
All Themes Isolation vs. Community Racism and Assimilation Language and Storytelling Nature, War, and Survival
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Characters
All Characters Xavier Bird Elijah Whiskeyjack Niska Micah’s Wife Niska’s Father Lieutenant Breech Grey Eyes Niska’s Mother Micah Peggy The Wemistikoshiw Trapper Corporal Thompson Sergeant McCaan The Girl/Lisette The Old Indian Woman Joseph Netmaker Francis The Indian Old Man Ferguson Rabbit Colquhoun
Terms
All Terms Ahcahk Anishnabe Awawatuk Cree Gitchi Manitou Hookimaw Manitous Matatosowin Ojibwe Wawahtew Wemistikoshiw Windigo
Symbols
All Symbols Birds and Airplanes The Medicine Bundle The Lynx
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Three Day Road

by

Joseph Boyden

Three Day Road Symbols

Birds and Airplanes

Birds are symbolic of the connection between nature and the Anishnabe people in Three Day Road, and the similarities between Indigenous characters and birds highlights their cohesion with the natural world in contrast to…

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The Medicine Bundle

A medicine bundle is a collection of sacred items wrapped together, usually given during spiritual ceremonies, and they are symbolic of Native Cree identity in Three Day Road. In Anishnabe culture, medicine bundles are…

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The Lynx

The lynx is a large wild cat native to Canada, and it represents Niska’s spirituality and her connection to nature in Three Day Road. Niska is her clan’s hookimaw, or spiritual leader…

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