The Recurring Cast
Character · The reservation families · 3 books

Nector Kashpaw

Nector Kashpaw is a tribal chairman torn between his wife Marie and his love for Lulu.

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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
3 (1 major, 2 minor)
Series
North Dakota novels
Author
Louise Erdrich
Circle
The reservation families

Where to meet Nector Kashpaw

Nector Kashpaw first appears in Love Medicine (1984), in a major role, book 1 of the North Dakota novels series.

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Every book with Nector Kashpaw

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

  1. 1984MLove Medicinemajor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
  2. 1988·Tracksminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy
  3. 2001·The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horseminor role · North Dakota novelsBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Father Damien ModestePriest who is secretly Agnes DeWitt3
Marie KashpawMatriarch of the Kashpaw family3
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