Vocabulary
This plant is known as “semaa” in many Anishinaabe communities.
What is Tobacco.
She is the main character whose life is split between two communities.
Who is Daunis Fontaine.
This tragedy pushes Daunis deeper into the investigation.
What is Lily’s death.
This is Daunis’s favorite place in the world, filled with family history.
What is Sugar Island.
This upper-Michigan city is where Daunis lives.
What is Sault Ste. Marie.
This Ojibwe word means “thank you,” used often by Daunis in daily interactions.
What is miigwech.
This person works along Daunis and Ron in the meth investigation
Who is Jamie Johnson.
This type of crime is central to the undercover investigation.
What is meth production.
This is the sport Daunis played all through high school.
What is hockey.
This long-term care home is where Daunis visits her grandmother every morning.
What is EverCare.
This Ojibwe term refers to cedar, one of the Four Sacred Medicines used for cleansing and protection.
What is giizhik.
She is Daunis’s best friend whose death devastates the community.
Who is Lily.
This internal conflict describes Daunis’s struggle between her Fontaine and Firekeeper identities.
What is her struggle with belonging.
Jamie reveals he used to compete in this ice sport.
What is figure skating.
This location is where Jamie and Daunis secretly learned how meth was produced.
What is Marquette.
This Indigenous word has the meaning "it is good" in English
What is Nishii
This relative of Daunis tends the ceremonial fire during Lily’s funeral.
Who is Art.
This conflict forces Daunis to decide whether to stay loyal to her community or cooperate fully with the FBI, even when their goals don’t align.
What is Daunis’s conflict between community loyalty and federal involvement.
Uncle David taught Daunis this scientific method of trying to prove something wrong.
What is disproving the null hypothesis.
his wooded area is where Daunis discovers evidence, mushrooms, and eventually Heather’s body.
What is Duck Island.
This Ojibwe phrase means “White Sheep,” a teasing nickname Monk uses for Daunis.
What is Waabishkimaanishtaanish.
This missing girl is later found near Duck Island.
Who is Heather Nodin.
his discovery on Duck Island intensifies the investigation and Daunis’s emotional turmoil.
What is finding Heather Nodin’s body.
This family member’s stroke becomes part of Daunis’s “New Normal.”
Who is GrandMary.
This lodge near the Elder Center is where Travis’s ceremonial fire would be held.
What is the lodge behind the Elder Center.