◼︎ Chapter 3 / The Return / pages 29 - 43

  1. What is a dikinaagen? (p. 30)

    • Hint: See dikinaagen in the glossary (p. 216)

  2. What is one of Omakakiins’ thoughts about the mama bear? (p. 30-31)

  3. What’s another thought Omakakiins has about the bear? (p. 30-31)

  4. The baby is called Niiwo. What is this short for? (p. 32)

  5. If Omakakiins played with Little Pinch, what might her brother do? (p. 33)

  6. What does it mean when an Ojibwe mother puts charcoal on her child’s face? (p. 34)

  7. How will Niiwo, Omakakiins’ baby brother, get his real name? (pp. 34-35)

  8. When baby Niiwo won’t stop crying, what does Omakakiins decide to do? (pp. 37-39)

  9. When Omakakiins wraps Niiwo up again, he starts to cry.

    • How does Omakakiins stop the crying? (p. 40)

  10. What is Omakakiins’ father’s name? (p. 42).

    • Hint: It’s not Dede. Dede means “Daddy” in Ojibwe.

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