The Recurring Cast
Character · The reservation families · 4 books

Father Damien Modeste

Father Damien Modeste is the priest of Little No Horse, secretly a woman named Agnes DeWitt.

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Character facts

First appearance
Love Medicine (1984)
Latest appearance
The Plague of Doves (2008)
Books
4 (1 as lead, 3 minor)
Series
North Dakota novels
Author
Louise Erdrich
Circle
The reservation families

Where to meet Father Damien Modeste

Father Damien Modeste first appears in Love Medicine (1984), in a minor role, book 1 of the North Dakota novels series.

Buy Love Medicine

Every book with Father Damien Modeste

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1984·Love Medicineminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
  2. 1988·Tracksminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
  3. 2001LThe Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horselead · North Dakota novelsBuy
  4. 2008·The Plague of Dovesminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Marie KashpawMatriarch of the Kashpaw family3
Nector KashpawTribal chairman torn between Marie and Lulu3
Pauline PuyatMixed-blood girl who becomes Sister Leopolda3
Fleur PillagerPowerful, feared Ojibwe woman2
Lulu LamartineFleur's daughter, mother of many sons2
NanapushOjibwe elder, trickster and storyteller2