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Sisters in the Wind

Book by Angeline Boulley · 14 quotes · Family, Loss, Native American

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“It's complicated. Loving imperfect people.”

Love Emotion Complicated Relationship Complicated Love

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“Lucy, college is a necessity for a secure future, my dad had said a few years ago. For women, a master's degree is the minimum.”

School Education College Women Empowerment Degree

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“Gichimanidoo is our word for God. Creator. Gih-CHEE-man-ih-doe is perfect. We humans are flawed.”

God Religion Spirituality Creator Native American American Indian Ojibwe Anishnaabe Native Languages

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“If you need an intelligent go-getter, hang out with tech girls. They have resources and can get shit done.”

Empowerment Encouragement Women Empowerment Strong Women Tech Women In Tech

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“The card has a black bird graphic and unfamiliar words: Gaagaagi Noodin. The back of the card lists a cell-phone number and an e-mail address, and there's a handwritten message: Lucy, come home where you are loved.”

Love Family Ojibwe Native Languages Anishinaabe

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“Abe held a palmful of loose-leaf tobacco. He called it semaa—SAY-mah—and asked if I'd like to offer some to give thanks for my dad. I held out my hand. He nudged my other hand. "Left hand," he said. "Closer to your heart.”

Culture Loss Family Native American Indigenous Tobacco Semaa

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“You can change my name to Misho Abe. ME-show is short for Mishomis. It means 'Grandpa.”

Family Grandfather Ojibwe Native Languages Anishinaabe

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“Native families are like onions—rough-looking on the outside. People want to people the outer layers and toss them away, as if they have no value. But each layer is protecting the next, down to its innermost core. That green center, where the onion is sweetest, that's the Native child. Surrounded by layers of family and community.”

Inspirational Community Family Native American American Indian

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“They say children who lose a parent have grief milestones. Like, when you reach the age that your parent was when they died.”

Death Loss Grief Grief And Loss Death Of A Parent

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“Good people say goodbye.”

Loss Leaving Missing Someone Goodbyes

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“Jamie was right. It is a powerful moment when you witness someone cross from this world to the next. It's an honor, really.”

Death Loss Death And Dying Crossing Over

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“You're a gloomy cloud raining sadness all over me.”

Emotions Upset Gloom Rain Clouds

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“That girl's a gas can looking for a match.”

Fire Rage Strong Women Female Rage Rage And Ruin

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“Those stolen girls are dead now. One killed herself a few years after coming home. The other girl, your maternal grandmother, had Maggie. When you hear the words 'historical trauma' or 'generational trauma,' it's because of places like this. And people in power today who still won't acknowledge the things that happened there.”

Generational Trauma Residential Schools Historical Trauma Indian Boarding School Every Child Matters

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