The Legend of the Lady Slipper Justice Richard Wagamese's Keeper'n Me

Richard Wagamese's Keeper'n Me

Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature

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The Legend of the Lady Slipper Justice Richard Wagamese's Keeper'n MeThe Legend of the Lady Slipper: An Ojibwe Tale is a well researched children's book that retells a traditional Ojibwe legend about the creation of the spring flower known as the Lady Slipper. The story is set long ago in the northern woods of Minnesota where there was an Ojibwe village. A young girl lived with extended family in this village. One winter the people of the village slowly succumbed to a terrible illness. One by one the villagers fell ill