5/21/2023 0 Comments The game of silence louise erdrich![]() ![]() The elders send four men on a year-long quest to uncover the causes of the government's hostility, only to learn that the answer is government rapacity and complete disregard for the Indians' rights. The title refers to the "game" that the elders use to keep the children quiet when the adults are having serious conversations, in this case, discussions with the refugees about how to interpret the government's actions and how to respond. The story picks up from the previous novel in 1850, when Omakayas is 9 years old and with the arrival of a group of Ojibwe refugees who have been driven off their land by the government. The two novels both feature the family of the Ojibwe girl Omakayas. It is the second novel in "The Birchbark" series that began with The Birchbark House. The Game of Silence is a 2005 novel by Louise Erdrich. ![]()
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