Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood

Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood
ISBN-10
0870205404
ISBN-13
9780870205408
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
87
Language
English
Published
2013-12-03
Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society
Author
Diane Holliday

Description

With the seasons of the year as a backdrop, author Diane Holliday describes what life was like for a Ho-Chunk girl who lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Central to the story is the movement of Mountain Wolf Woman and her family in and around Wisconsin. Like many Ho-Chunk people in the mid-1800s, Mountain Wolf Woman's family was displaced to Nebraska by the U.S. government. They later returned to Wisconsin but continued to relocate throughout the state as the seasons changed to gather and hunt food. Based on her own autobiography as told to anthropologist Nancy Lurie, Mountain Wolf Woman's words are used throughout the book to capture her feelings and memories during childhood. Author Holliday draws young readers into this Badger Biographies series book by asking them to think about how the lives of their ancestors and how their lives today compare to the way Mountain Wolf Woman lived over a hundred years ago.

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