num_pages: 74
description: A Cree tribe have come into enemy Blackfoot territory in search of the buffalo, but their camp is discovered by the Blackfoot and by nightfall they are surrounded, facing a certain death at dawn. The men resolve to stay and fight, letting the women and children escape into darkness. But there is another way. The wise old women of the tribe come forward, saying they wish to give life to the tribe for the second time. Old Wives' Lake is a lyrical, exciting, and dramatic retelling in verse form of the Cree legend about the naming of Old Wives' Lake in Saskatchewan.
language: English
title: Old Wives' Lake
titlecomplete: Old Wives' Lake
publisher: Thistledown Press