5 6 1 5 4 9 1 D I T C E J B O M U E S U M S H W To my daughter Xi He Ping who has taught me so much in her own journey through childhood
Contents 1 Meet Mountain Wolf Woman and Her People 1 2 The Gift of a Name 16 3 Following the Seasons Spring and Summer 24 4 Following the Seasons Fall and Winter 38 5 Many Ways of Growing Up 57 Afterword 65 Appendix Mountain Wolf Woman’s Time Line 67 Glossary 68 Reading Group Guide and Activities 71 To Learn More about the Ho-Chunk 73 Acknowledgments 74 Index 75 vii
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1 Meet Mountain Wolf Woman and Her People When Mountain Wolf Woman was born in April of 1884 Wisconsin had been a state for only 36 years Although Wisconsin was a young state Mountain Wolf Woman’s people the Ho-Chunk Nation had lived in Wisconsin for hundreds probably even thousands of years They live here still Mountain Wolf Woman grew up at a time when the Ho Chunk way of living remained much like that of her ancestors But other parts of her life were very different This is the way it is for all families Think of the many ways your life is both different from and the same as that of your grandparents and great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents ancestor a family member from long ago 1
