Like many other Ojibwe families, the Downwinds had abandoned the reservation because of the Relocation Act of 1956. Grandma Dilsey had explained the legislation to Cork, an act of Congress that funded relocation of Native families from reservations to certain designated cities. The government paid for the move, promised to help each family find housing, and offered to foot the bill for vocational training, if necessary. On the surface, it seemed like a pretty sweet deal. But Grandma Dilsey had said that it was simply another attempt to eradicate the Native cultures. “They tried blankets
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