Fort Snelling at Bdote: A Brief History environment One of the most revered

One of the most revered novelists of our time—a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life—Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling

beautiful book no matter what historical moment it appeared in

and leisure activities of the Chippewa (Ojibway) Indians of the United States and Canada

Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands

And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time

Fort Snelling at Bdote: A Brief History environment One of the most reveredFor millennia, the place where the Minnesota River joins the Mississippi has been a crossroads, a place of strategic power. In the 1820s, the newly arriving U. S. troops built Fort Snelling on the bluff above the rivers. That limestone fortress has stood for almost two hundred years as both an actor and a symbol in Minnesota's history. But that symbolism is complicated. The fort is a powerful reminder that most Minnesotans today are descendants of