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Keeper 'n Me is a novel with a declared agenda: to guide readers unfamiliar with Ojibway culture to greater understanding. To achieve this, Calgary journalist Richard Wagamese uses skilful storytelling to transform the reader from tourist to student. As Keeper himself remarks, this is the best way to teach important lessons.
Keeper is an elder and a recovering alcoholic on the White Dog Reserve in northern Ontario. Garnet Raven is a young...