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Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community Shipibo-Conibo Symbol of the Messenger ofA groundbreaking exploration of the remarkable women in Native American communities. In this well researched and deeply felt account, Brenda J. Child, a professor and a member of the Red Lake Ojibwe tribe, gives Native American women their due, detailing the many ways in which they have shaped Native American life. She illuminates the lives of women such as Madeleine Cadotte, who became a powerful mediator between her people and European fur traders,