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**Chapter 1** Angela Jensen returns to her ancestral land, Adam\'s Rib, to reconnect with her blood relatives and her past. At 17, she has little memory of her early childhood there. The land once belonged to indigenous Cree, Anishinaabe, and the Fat-Eaters tribes, before being explored by European...

**Chapter 1** Angela Jensen returns to her ancestral land, Adam\'s Rib, to reconnect with her blood relatives and her past. At 17, she has little memory of her early childhood there. The land once belonged to indigenous Cree, Anishinaabe, and the Fat-Eaters tribes, before being explored by Europeans. Angela recounts her challenging upbringing in foster homes and her desire for self-discovery. She mentions her scarred face and meets relatives Dora-Rouge and John Husk, who share stories of their ancestors and the trauma that shaped their family's history. **Chapter 2** Angel\'s journey continues as she delves into her past and resolves not to abandon her family. Dora-Rouge shares stories about Angel\'s childhood love for plants, helping her connect with her ancestors and the land. Angel learns about Agnes and the bear, finding solace in Agnes\'s deep connection to nature. Viewing her ancestors as a tree family, Angel grapples with her scars and trauma, ultimately seeing herself as \"water going back to itself,\" a metaphor that guides her as she travels north. **Chapter 3** The two men inform Adam's Rib residents about government plans for a dam system that would displace indigenous peoples and wildlife, destroy sacred plants, and disrupt traditional practices. The community is asked for help, and Angel senses an imminent transformation. **Chapter 4** Angel\'s journey to Fur Island with John Husk reveals deep connections to her past and Indigenous cosmologies. The belief in water as a spirit highlights the interconnectedness and respect for nature. As she approaches the island, Angel feels a transformation, blending past and present. Husk shares the island\'s history, and Angel is awed by its beauty and Bush\'s grace. Bush\'s home, filled with animal bones, reflects her work preserving the natural world. As Angel reconnects with her childhood memories and learns about her mother\'s past from Bush, she begins to understand her own identity and finally opens up to the natural elements around her. **Chapter 5** Angel begins to question the nature of the world, pondering her mother\'s survival during the storm and what her mother might have observed in the landscape. She reflects on the elders\' belief that humans are watched by birds, insects, trees, and even the galaxy. These reflections deepen her connection with the natural world and her understanding of her place within it. **Chapter 6** Angel learns from her elders that nature and humanity are interconnected, with all things being alive and inhabited by spirit. Dora-Rouge and Husk describe the land as filled with love. Angel is appalled by LaRue\'s approach to fishing but discovers her own gift of seeing fish through the water. Bush explains the concept of the Reverse People, and Angel realizes that, like the land, she is made of broken parts she wishes to mend. As the seasons change, Angel adapts to living in harmony with her environment. She forms a friendship with Tommy, and Bush teaches her more about her mother, Hannah, and the history of their family. Bush recounts finding Hannah\'s scarred body, revealing the pain of intergenerational trauma and helping Angel understand her troubled past. This new knowledge allows Angel to begin healing and reconnect with her roots. **Chapter 7** As Angel learns more about her mother from Bush, she discovers the spirits inhabiting Hannah and the story of the dog\'s death. Bush and the Old Man discuss the transformative power of song, which can create bridges and heal. As winter approaches, Hannah is once again connected to cold and iciness. Angel begins to piece herself together, understanding her personal and cultural history with the help of her grandmothers. She reflects on the lineage of strong women and men who survived against all odds, drawing strength from their resilience. **Chapter 8** In Bush\'s story, Ruby Shawl delivers Angel during a harsh winter and senses danger in Hannah\'s relationship with her daughter. The house deteriorates, mirroring Hannah\'s physical state. Ruby goes to find Bush after Hannah locks her out. Upon returning, they find Angel missing, with her hair cut off. Bush discovers Angel, silent and blue, hidden in a tree\'s branches. **Chapter 9** Several people succumb to the harsh winter, and Dora-Rouge expresses her desire to return home to die. Angel learns to recognize the \"voices of winter\" on Fur Island and contemplates the natural world\'s force and violence. She struggles as she watches wolves close in on a lone moose. Angel keeps her half-sister Henriet\'s secret, reflecting on how Henriet\'s self-inflicted scars mirror those of Hannah and herself. Winter is described as \"filling in the world, like a scar,\" highlighting the harshness of the season. Angel connects her history with the animals native to the North, noting their intertwined fates and the impact of history on her mother and grandmother. She begins to dream of wolves and plants, with ice crystals shimmering during solar storms. Dora-Rouge calls her a \"plant dreamer.\" Husk explains that people are made of stars, linking scientific perspectives with Indigenous knowledge and suggesting that Angel and Dora-Rouge live in the past, present, and future simultaneously. Inspired by the young men who visited earlier, Bush decides to go north to fight against the dam project, with Angel joining her to find her mother. As they plan, Angel reflects on the changing landscapes, deepens her relationship with Tommy and her grandmothers, and worries about Bush, trying to make an impression on LaRue for her sake. **Chapter 10** As spring softens the landscape, Bush shares plans with Dora-Rouge and Agnes to canoe through river systems heading north, inviting them on the journey. Dora-Rouge recalls the Million Dollar Trail, not found on maps. She and Angel plan to collect healing plants and seeds, though they are saddened by Dora-Rouge\'s last journey. A mourning gathering for Frenchie\'s daughter, Helene, brings Tommy and Angel closer, as they reflect on the history symbolized by an iron teapot. **Chapter 11** As Bush is forced to sell her furs for the journey, the community, especially Agnes, is skeptical about Dora-Rouge's plan to return to the land of the Fat-Eaters. Despite doubts, Angel grows in self-awareness, reflecting on her destiny and the signs she has followed. Frenchie hosts a going-away party, blending celebration and mourning for Dora-Rouge. The community shares advice while news of the Vietnam War and the American Indian Movement contrasts with the ignored dam projects. Angel and Tommy strengthen their commitment, though Angel feels nervous about his presence. Preparations are challenging, and Angel has reservations. She worries about her relationship with water, contrasting it with Bush\'s knowledge. Lonely after Husk and Tommy leave, Angel is captivated by the open waters and greenery, which trigger Dora-Rouge\'s memories of the Indian agents and the loss of her sister. The river\'s timelessness connects the women to their ancestral history. Angel, called a \"plant dreamer\" by Dora-Rouge, dreams of significant plants and begins drawing them. The women open up, becoming closer to nature. They meet Bob and Jean, who share the impact of the dam project. Agnes's illness reveals her need for a particular plant, and Dora-Rouge makes a bargain with the river to ensure safe passage. **Chapter 12** The women arrive at North House, where Gita offers them rest and sustenance. On the island, men are primarily trappers or hunting for Spanish silver. Agnes receives a package from John Husk containing her coat, while Dora is visited by people who speak a familiar dialect or remember the Hundred-Year-Old Road. As they leave, Angel reflects on her life in the waters compared to her foster child experiences. The women reconnect with their ancestors and nature, but find the Place of the Sleepers nearly submerged due to new dams. Agnes becomes increasingly ill, and Angel, in a dream-like state, searches for the plants she dreamed of to help her. Sadly, when Angel returns, Agnes has died. The lake they expected at the next portage has turned into mudflats, and they watch helplessly as a moose struggles and fails to free itself from the muck. **Chapter 13** Upon arriving at Two-Town, the women are burdened by their recent losses. They meet Mr. Orensen at the Two-Town Post, who helps arrange for Agnes\'s body to be retrieved. The women feel guilt over Agnes\'s death, and Orensen is wary of them due to ongoing conflicts between Native people and the government-corporation alliance building the dams. In Holy StringTown, they learn about the Native people living between worlds, neither fully in one nor the other, as their land is stripped for the dam project. Bush and Angel rent a room from Mrs. Lampier in the Fat-Eaters\' town but discover their belongings have been stolen by local children. **Chapter 14** Angel\'s mourning reveals a deep connection between the destruction of the land and the violence of her childhood. She sees parallels in their suffering and anticipates that both the land and its people will resist the changes imposed upon them. This recognition highlights the resilience and determination to fight against the destruction, emphasizing the intertwined fates of the natural world and its inhabitants. **Chapter 15** Dora-Rouge returns to find her land unfamiliar and her people in despair due to the dam project. The loss of their land leads many to the brink of suicide. The trees have been logged, and people resettled in old military huts. This devastation mirrors the people\'s suffering, with many turning to alcohol and drugs. Dora-Rouge settles on protest as a way to reclaim their lives. Bush attends meetings, and Dora reconnects with her cousin, Tulik. Angel, anxious to find her mother, compares the stripped land to Hannah\'s land in the north. She performs a cold-water ceremony to cleanse her grief. Angel\'s mother, Hannah, visits Lynx House, but the reunion is painful. After being evicted by the police, the women move in with Tulik and Auntie, believing Bush\'s activism caused the eviction. Tulik teaches Angel the value of knowing the land, providing solace. They receive a letter from Husk, indicating their mail may have been intercepted. Husk and Tommy plan to visit. **Chapter 16** Tulik shares a creation story about Beaver, emphasizing the promise humans made to care for the world and communicate with Beaver's creations. The family exchanges dreams, and Angel dreams of her mother\'s death, recognizing the place in her dream from Tulik\'s description. Mikky takes Angel to Hannah\'s house, where she finds Hannah dying. Angel opens the door for death and discovers her infant sister alive in a box. Two village women recount how Hannah came to be dying, including the deaths of animals, Otto\'s disappearance, and Hannah\'s encounter with Eron. Eron, believing Hannah to be a spirit, stabs himself and then Hannah before being taken away. Angel learns about tribal customs surrounding death and the high cost of medical care in remote areas. Dora-Rogue recalls a similar story from the 1930s of a woman believed to be possessed. Angel stays with Hannah until she passes, feeling grief and compassion. Bush and Angel prepare Hannah for burial and share a meal with the village women, who mention Wolverine\'s presence. On the way home, Angel names her infant sister Aurora. Dora-Rouge reveals her bargain with the water---to give up her desire to die and fight for the water to live. With the new baby found, Dora-Rouge believes this is part of her bargain with the rivers. **Chapter 17** The Fat-Eaters\' belief that children are born with the souls of the deceased leads Tulik to call Aurora \"Totsohi\" or \"Storm,\" after his grandfather. Husk and Tommy are unable to arrive as planned due to a roadblock, and the family learns of an impending security force deployment. Trains are halted, and only soldier police are permitted entry, anticipating resistance to the dam construction. During this time, Angel learns about the healing plants and songs of her people and discovers Bush\'s knowledge of a language that heals burns. Angel also learns about Ammah and the island, understanding how plants and seeds sustain life and how all living things emerge from Ammah\'s profound silence. **Chapter 18** The arrival of electricity in Holy StringTown brings significant changes. People gather at Tulik\'s home to listen to \"Indian Time\" on the radio, as news of the hydrodam project spreads. Meanwhile, construction causes two buildings and Ammah\'s Island to sink. Angel feels isolated due to the lack of teenagers but finds solace in playing music and dancing, while Bush seeks quiet outside the house. The river fish become contaminated with mercury from the damming, threatening drinking water and food supplies. Dora, Angel, and Bush attend a BEEVCO meeting where construction plans are announced. Despite protests, the company dismisses them as remnants of the past and insists on building the dams. They argue that they are fulfilling government orders. The people's petition is deemed insufficient. In the night, workers surround Tulik\'s house with machines, and Auntie forces Angel to leave with Aurora. When Angel reports the incident, she is arrested, and her truck impounded. She gives a radio interview, garnering support from others affected by flooding. Mr. Orensen provides aid, and Bush smuggles articles to newspapers. The community blockades train tracks, leading to police and soldier intervention, causing division and threats within the town. **Chapter 19** During the time of protest, Angel feels a growing love and connection to the North and its landscape. The people reclaim their identity as The Beautiful People. Bush\'s efforts to communicate with the police and soldiers cause suspicion among the protesters. LaRue\'s advocacy for a monetary settlement creates further conflict. One night, workers burn down Tulik\'s house, resulting in significant losses and food shortages. Angel, inspired by Wolverine, steals food from the workers. Auntie and Bush\'s friendship is strained by their differing beliefs, and Tulik and Auntie move to Quonset huts. Angel realizes that survival requires resistance, which often entails loss and death. An Indian man, forced to work at a dam site to feed his children, is attacked by his cousins, who see him as a traitor. Soldiers arrive with guns and helicopters, shooting Mr. Orensen\'s dogs and using tear gas. Orensen helps Bush and Angel escape with Aurora, but the hospital initially refuses treatment. They finally get help in Chinobe. **Chapter 20** Bush, Angel, and Aurora return to an unrecognizable Adam's Rib, now affected by the flooding after the failed protest. With LaRue's help, they salvage what they can from Fur Island. LaRue, a changed man, is noticed by Bush, while Husk is weary from battling the rising waters. The water has left its mark everywhere, symbolizing change. Despite the losses, Angel sees this as a new beginning for everyone. **Chapter 21** Angel and Tulik testify in court about the dam project\'s devastating effects on their way of life, facing derision. The dam project is eventually halted by the courts, but Angel views it as a delayed victory, reflecting on the struggles and human pain involved. She thinks of Hannah, her mother\'s legacy, and hopes for her peace. Dora-Rouge invites Angel and Bush to her death, and Angel returns to Two-Town, shocked by the submerged buildings and floating moose due to flooding. Dora-Rouge peacefully passed away among surviving moss and trees, with Angel singing the animal-calling song. Later, Angel and Tommy celebrate Aurora with traditional song and dance, marking their marriage. Angel feels their ancestors\' love in the new generation, hearing her grandmothers\' teachings about water and the interconnectedness of all living things. This joyous celebration symbolizes belonging in the world, past and present.