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Anung Journey An ancient Ojibway legend as told by Steve Fobister by Carl Nordgren Carl Nordgren Brita Wolf 9781611531176 Books

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Encourage all with an interest in Native American culture issues to read this well-written novel.


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Anung Journey An ancient Ojibway legend as told by Steve Fobister by Carl Nordgren Carl Nordgren Brita Wolf 9781611531176 Books Reviews

This is a great little book for children and adults. Based on a story/legend that the Ojibway people passed down from generation to generation, and then to the author, Carl Nordgren, it is a beautiful, imagination-stretching tale with lots of twists and turns and a surprise ending that leaves you thinking. Really interesting book / journey.
This is a wonderful story with a great unexpected ending. It should be read by people of all ages. The development of the main character and the stories he tells and is told throughout his journey will have you not wanting to put the book down. There is beautiful commitment to native american culture and tradition and the importance of their stories. It will be a great gift in this upcoming holiday season!
Historical fiction is always compelling, another great read from Carl Nordgren.
Nordgren tells an authentic Ojigway legend passed down to him from tribe members he worked with. I highly recommend this book as a family read especially during the approaching holiday season. It also is a tremendous book for children teaching values of determination and team work as the young boy learns the importance of family along the way.
“Anung’s Journey” is a unique book, echoing the style of traditional Native American story-telling, with several novel twists A modern boy hears a tale of a Native American boy from the deep past, on a journey which takes him much further than he expects. At times naturalistic and at other times mythical, the narrative moves forward with clear, simple language, immersing the reader in that ancient world of nature and spirit. The book is beautifully illustrated with intricate black and white papercuts, which like the story contain elements of both Native American and European cultural traditions. This tale speaks well to its intended audience of children, but also to adults, via the development both of the story and its protagonist, through a journey rich with themes of adventure, questing, meaning - and the synthesis of all three. “Anung’s Journey” makes for an excellent read any time of year, but especially in the season in which the tale is framed, the winter. It would make a wonderful gift for the holidays, or a great book to read aloud - and discuss - with children.
This could be a great book and if I ripped out the last few pages in my opinion it would be still a great book.

The author Carl Nordgren tells his friend Steve Fobister’s story; Steve is an Anishinaabe Indian. When Steve was a young boy he discovered Santa in an Eaton’s mail order catalogue. He decorated a tree thinking that Santa would come and bring him gifts. The disappointing experience that that did not happen is told in a sweet loving way every reader will be able to associate with. Steve’s people do not believe in Santa or Christmas, they call the Great Creator Gitche Manitou and they are NOT disappointed that Santa did not bring them any gifts. Steve’s grandfather tells him that he does not understand the white man’s spirit, and that the white man did not get the gifts Gitche Manitou has given his people. Steve grandfather tells Steve the story of the blue sky and Anung’s Journey (looking for the greatest chief of all the First Nations people). It is a beautiful story, appreciating the beliefs and stories of Native Americans as well as beautiful descriptions of a natural habitat, which in part has already been destroyed. Anung gets to meet many other Indian tribes on his journey. The author does a superb job in describing these tribes’ ways of living.

“…It was late in the summer and the great spirit of Waabanong covered the bushes with blueberries. This is what they ate as they walked on…”
And later,
“…Each net they used to fish the great salt lake what stretched the sky was longer than all of the Odawa’s nets sewn together.
They carved great canoes from the biggest trunks of the tallest trees…”
And later
“…Off a rocky point men in smaller canoes were pulling in their nets filled with fish. If so many people could be in one place Anung wondered at the number of fish living in this great salt lake….”

The book describes many different tribes way of living, hunting, dressing, eating; for students it is a beautiful way to learn about many of the Indian tribes. Every reader will appreciate author Carl Nordgren’s masterful storytelling.

Loved the book till page 105. It turns out the greatest chief is the Christ child.

Personally, I do not believe that mixing up cultural elements has positive effects for any or all societies. It is not cool that Santa “has taken over” and is riding on his sleigh through Asia’s and Africa’s stores (that is an invention of corporations, who want to use the same marketing materials all over the world). Equally, Indian tribes did not believe in the Christ child and therefore it should not be the final highlight of this story. I have visited at Apache, Hopi, Cherokee, and Seminole reservations and listened to these tribes’ stories. The Christ child never came up. Cultural heritage has to be saved as a whole and in my humble opinion authors should help this process.

In short – it’s a great read till page 105 (paperback). The illustrations by Brita Wolf are absolutely phenomenal. They fit the style of the book superbly.

Gisela Hausmann, author & blogger
Written for a young reader. I grew up in the area where it took place and knew the "grandfather".
Encourage all with an interest in Native American culture issues to read this well-written novel.