Tracks | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Fleur Pillager - A Native American woman with magical powers who lives on an Indian reservation on her family's land by Lake Matchimanito. She is rumored to consort with the monster that lives in the lake.

Nanapush - An older Native American who is telling his adopted granddaughter about her mother. He gives his granddaughter the name of his dead daughter.

Pauline Puyat - A mixed-blood who is left with her father after her mother and sisters die. She does not like her father's Indian ways and moves to Argus to work in...
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