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The victory of Geraldine Gull / Joan Clark.

by Clark, Joan, 1934-

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Macmillan of Canada, 1988.

Cree First Nation -- Fiction.

First Nations, Northern -- Fiction.

Art teachers -- Fiction.

Ojibwa women -- Fiction.

First Nations artists -- Fiction.

Hudson Bay region -- Fiction.

287 p. ; 23 cm.

"The struggle for survival among a community of Swampy Cree on the shore of Hudson Bay provides Joan Clark with the theme for this compassionate and complex novel. The native families of Niska live on the edge not only of the vast continent, but also of the conflicting values and traditions of their elders and of white 'civilization'. When Willa, a white art teacher from 'outside' arrives in Niska for the summer, she enters a world rendered opaque to her by its indifference. Though the Indians generally disregard her, she attracts the rage of Geraldine Gull, an Ojibwa woman whose violent unpredictability and contempt for the Cree lead her to acts of terrorism against them. Geraldine is an avenging angel, her one goal to see the works of her son, the painter Alexander Bear, receive recognition. Behind the struggles of Geraldine and the Cree lies the ever-present threat of a devastating flood that will destroy Niska if it is not moved to higher ground. While the tribal leaders attempt to persuade the people to uproot themselves from the land of their forefathers, and to cut the cord of dependence that ties them to the Hudson's Bay store and to the Roman Catholic church, Geraldine sees an opportunity to further her plan and to use Willa as her instrument. Through Geraldine, Willa is drawn deeper into the conflicts that divide Niska. Although she knows that she can never gain acceptance from the Indians, she leaves with an admiration for their determination to survive on the hostile frontier."--Publisher.

Canadian fiction.

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