![]() The tribe believes she has a close relationship with Misshepeshu, the lake spirit. Despite having lost all of her family to consumption, Fleur continues to live far from the rest of the people on the reservation, providing for herself by hunting and foraging. Christianity threatens to eliminate the traditional beliefs, but misunderstandings of the most important aspects of both systems of belief and misplaced priorities cause the greatest amount of trouble in the book.įleur Pillager is the best example of a character who remains closely tied to her Anishinabe roots and spirituality. Perhaps the most salient expression of this conflict is in the depiction of religion and spirituality, as tensions between traditional Anishinabe beliefs and Christianity abound throughout Tracks. The book asks whether it is possible for these characters to survive and participate in broader (that is, white American) society while still maintaining the traditions that have been passed down through their culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() While all of the characters show some balance of these two ways of life, the native ways are clearly far more endangered as white culture invades and takes over. Throughout Tracks, the four Anishinabe families (Kashpaw, Pillager, Nanapush, and Puyat) struggle to find a balance of the old ways of their people and the aggressively encroaching influence of white civilization. ![]()
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