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Cedar Hawk Songmaker

This protagonist and narrator of the novel is 26 years old and pregnant. She was adopted at birth by a white family but was born of an Ojibwe mother.

Sweetie

This character is the protagonist's birth mother. She lives on the Ojibwe reservation with her mother, younger daughter, and boyfriend.

Eddy

This is the boyfriend of the protagonist's mother. He owns and manages a gas station on the reservation but also attended Dartmouth and Harvard.

Tia Jackson

This roommate of the protagonist's at Fairview Riverside Hospital is a small Asian woman whom the narrator originally refers to as "Spider Nun."

Sera Songmaker

This character is the protagonist's adoptive mother. She was formerly a midwife but her current profession is of an attorney.

Glen Songmaker

This character is the biological father of the protagonist, although she has believed since childhood that he is not biologically related to her...

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