Character · The reservation families · 4 books
Marie Kashpaw
Marie Kashpaw is the strong-willed matriarch of the Kashpaw family.
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Character facts
- First appearance
- Love Medicine (1984)
- Latest appearance
- The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (2001)
- Books
- 4 (1 major, 3 minor)
- Series
- North Dakota novels
- Author
- Louise Erdrich
- Circle
- The reservation families
Where to meet Marie Kashpaw
Marie Kashpaw first appears in Love Medicine (1984), in a major role, book 1 of the North Dakota novels series.
Every book with Marie Kashpaw
In publication order, with the size of their role in each.
- 1984MLove Medicinemajor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
- 1988·Tracksminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
- 1994·The Bingo Palaceminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
- 2001·The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horseminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
Appears most often with
| Character | Books together |
|---|---|
| Father Damien ModestePriest who is secretly Agnes DeWitt | 3 |
| Fleur PillagerPowerful, feared Ojibwe woman | 3 |
| Lulu LamartineFleur's daughter, mother of many sons | 3 |
| NanapushOjibwe elder, trickster and storyteller | 3 |
| Nector KashpawTribal chairman torn between Marie and Lulu | 3 |
| Pauline PuyatMixed-blood girl who becomes Sister Leopolda | 3 |