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Sweetgrass, a 15yearold blackfoot girl, longs to be married like the other girls her age, and she has a young warrior in mind, eaglesun. Sweetgrass, a 15yearold blackfoot girl, longs to be married like the other girls her age, and she has a young warrior in mind. Their tribe is at the sunset of established indian ways. She conveyed these details by using the history of the blackfoot nation as her background. Her father feels she is too young for marriage, but over a difficult year for their tribe, which include natural disasters, encounters with white settlers, fights with other tribes, and a smallpox epidemic, she proves her courage, intelligence, and maturity. Although less intriguing than the last book i read by her, and less historically relevant well, aside from the smallpox outbreak. A superb first book about a blackfoot girl in the days just before heavy. Sweetgrass by jan hudson 1989 0504 hardcover january 1, 1746 3.

Jan hudsons sweetgrass is a canadian library association book of the year for. Buy a cheap copy of sweetgrass paperstar book by jan hudson. Awardwinning author jan hudson tells the enchanting story of a young blackfoot girl caught up in the sweep of western canadian history. Although sweetgrass is historical fiction, its storyline is one that is most familiar to contemporary readers, for it is simultaneously a love story and a comingofage story.

This detailed literature summary also contains related web sites on sweetgrass by jan hudson. Jan hudson, a canadian author of historical fiction, wrote two novels, sweetgrass and dawn rider, both of which exemplify her interest in social anthropology. Being the oldest unmarried girl in her blackfoot tribe is misery for sweetgrass, but her father feels shes not ready for the hard work and responsibility that. Living on the western canadian prairie in the nineteenth century, sweetgrass, a fifteenyearold. Living on the western canadian prairie in the nineteenth century, sweetgrass, a fifteenyearold blackfoot indian girl, saves. Jan hudson, a canadian author of historical fiction, wrote only two novels during her short life. Hudson finished her manuscript for sweetgrass in 1979. Book clubs book fairs scholastic education classroom magazines about us. At fifteen, sweetgrass believes that she is more than old enough to marry. Being the oldest unmarried girl in her blackfoot tribe is misery for fifteenyearold sweetgrass, but her father feels shes not ready for the hard work and responsibility that come with being an indian wife.

In a novel based on written records of the blackfoot indians in alberta and montana during the. A superb first book about a blackfoot girl in the days just before heavy interaction with settlers by a canadian author who has recently died. Sweetgrass by jan hudson meet your next favorite book. Download the study guide although sweetgrass is historical fiction, its storyline is one that is most familiar to contemporary readers, for it is simultaneously a love story and a comingofage story. Sweetgrass has long dreamed of marriage with her good friend eaglesun, but her father feels she is not yet ready for the hard work and responsibility that comes with being an indian wife. This historical fiction story about a blackfoot indian. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.