At three years old, Garnet Raven is taken from his home on an Ojibway reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. In his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city, trying to avoid its bleak underbelly. -- By age twenty, Garnet is in jail. While there, he receives an unexpected letter from his tong-forgotten native family, and the sudden communication from his past spurs him to return to the reserve following his release from jail. -- Deciding to stay awhile, Garnet's life is changed completely when he is initiated into the ways of the Ojibway- both ancient and modern- by Keeper, a friend of his gradfather, and one of the last founts of their people's history. Garnet comes to discover his sense of place- and of self. -- By turns funny, poignant, and mystical, Keeper'n Me casts fresh light on the redemptive power of one's community and traditions.
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