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The Gift of the Great Buffalo

Summary

Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearGood Housekeeping Kids' Book Award WinnerBank Street Best Children's Book of the YearIn this beautiful and dramatic story, bestselling author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Aly McKnight show readers how life was lived by Indigenous communities, offering the true history of life on the prairie.Before there was a little house on the prairie, there was a tipi on the prairie.Rose is a young Métis-Ojibwe girl who has traveled far with her family for the biannual buffalo hunt made up of hundreds of other Métis families. The ritual of the hunt has been practiced for generations, and each hunt must see the community through the next six months. But in recent years, the buffalo population has dwindled, and after days on the hunt, there are no buffalo to be found. Can Rose help her family find the herd that will enable them to survive the long winter?

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