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    Drums of Change: The Story of Running Fawn
    Drums of Change: The Story of Running Fawn
    Drums of Change: The Story of Running Fawn
    Audiobook15 hours

    Drums of Change: The Story of Running Fawn

    Written by Janette Oke

    Narrated by Barbara Caruso

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The stillness of the mountains, the pines covering the hillsides, the gurgle of the spring … this was her home

    The prairie fires that sweep the grazing lands, the coming of white men with their guns and diseases, and the quick slaughter of the vast buffalo herds leave Running Fawn's Blackfoot tribe with little choice but to take up residence on the assigned Reserve.
    All her life, Running Fawn has known only contentment, but now what will become of her hopes and dreams?

    The Chief's son, Silver Fox, and Running Fawn are chosen to attend classes at the Mission Boarding School in Calgary. The white man's way of life isn't the only thing confusing to Running Fawn; the white man's God both frightens and intrigues her.

    Could this God indeed be the creator of the land she loves so dearly? Will she be forced to choose between the ways of her people and the man she loves?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 1, 2012
    ISBN9781456122638
    Drums of Change: The Story of Running Fawn
    Author

    Janette Oke

    Bestselling author Janette Oke is celebrated for her significant contribution to the Christian book industry. Her novels have sold more than 30 million copies, and she is the recipient of the ECPA President's Award, the CBA Life Impact Award, the Gold Medallion, and the Christy Award. Janette and her husband, Edward, live in Alberta, Canada.

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    • 4/5
      In this story you will watch as Running Fawn, a Blackfoot Indian and very proud of it, grows up and fights change every step of the way. Running Fawn loves her way of life and is slowing starting to see things change around her and see the influence of the strange new world she is suddenly thrust into when her parents send her away to a Mission Boarding School in Calgary. Eventually she will decide on her own to walk back to her people when she hears of sickness and death in her tribe. The chief's son, Silver Fox, will go after her and take her to her people, where she will stay. There is also the missionary man who has lived with their tribe and his influence on the people. Running Fawn has never liked him, but this time she will learn much from him and grow to appreciate him. There was a lot of history here in this story and it was a very interesting book. I appreciated how the author showed all the changes and hardships these people had to make and endure. It was a very well told story and I am glad I was able to read it
    • 4/5
      Running Fawn has always loved and taken pride in the ways of her Blackfoot tribe. But survival is becoming difficult as the buffalo disappear, and white men have shown up on the prairie, bringing guns, diseases, and their foreign religion. Running Fawn will have to decide where she fits in a world she barely recognizes anymore in Drums of Change, a novel by author Janette Oke.I first read this book by one of my all-time favorite authors, oh, twenty years ago or so. Rereading it was a walk down memory lane with a changed pair of eyes.The Native American peoples' plight is presented with a gentle hand by the author, but the tension, the irony, the pain, the resignation in all of it hit me in a different way this time around. The mix of skepticism, hope, and anger at the offer of (more) treaties. A nomadic people reluctant to face the prospect of no more buffalo to follow, but perhaps more reluctant over the prospect of moving to a Reserve. A young, imminent chief, Silver Fox, who respects his heritage but wants his people to make it in a world that, for better or for worse, won't be the same.Perhaps with the exception of Running Fawn, I didn't get too strong a sense of the characters. This was particularly true with Reverend Forbes, since much of his "airtime" takes place through letters or in the background somewhere instead of through front-and-center action or dialogue. The "I wish I could marry him/her, but he/she isn't a Christian" plot theme has never really worked to me, in a novel. And, yes, it amused me to run into the same error I remembered running into twenty years ago, where Running Fawn's name is once mistakenly used to refer to Silver Fox.Still, I enjoyed revisiting this novel from one of my favorite series, the Women of the West. I've already read most of the series' novels two or three times and absolutely plan to reread some more.
    • 4/5
      Interesting, but very sad.