SuitabookThe buffalo robe
Linda Baxter
- Reading
- Read it as a story about family knowledge and interpretation. Pause at the painted scenes to ask what they show, what remains unsaid, and whether different storytellers present the past differently.
- Themes
- Family memory and identity: Red Fox receives information about his parents through his aunt’s and grandfather’s stories, illustrated on a buffalo robe. The situation invites attention to how family history is passed between generations, but the book’s judgement about whose account is reliable or important is unknown.
- Indigenous cultural setting: The book addresses indigenous cultural setting; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- How these cultural elements are handled is unclear.