Chapter 37

She’d always been the one who knew her mind and was confident in her decisions. He’d been the one to vacillate and overthink his. However, this decision carried such gravity, he had to be very sure, face it head on, and not take an easy way out.

“You remember I told you that Great Eagle said that White Wolf would know the ways of the white man and Grey Wolf would know the ways of the Ojibwe, right?”

“Yes,” Megan said.

“And that together they would help preserve the clan’s culture and traditions?”

Megan nodded.

“I’m not sure I understand how I fit into that scenario,” Morgan admitted.

“Your degree is in criminal justice, right?” his sister asked.

“Yeah.”

“Well, isn’t that a stepping stone to lawyer? Remember how Uncle Robert said they had no recourse against our being taken away by our father? Maybe you’re supposed to play that role, find ways to represent the interests of the clan in cases like ours where the laws of white society aren’t fairly applied to native people.”