Love Medicine | Characters

While the second part of “The World's Greatest Fishermen” deals with the reactions of June's elders, children, and niece to her death, “Saint Marie” and "Wild Geese” deal with Nector and Marie Kashpaw, who at times acted as June's parents following the death of her mother. “Saint Marie” shows Marie in early adolescence prior to meeting Nector, as she tries to socially rise by becoming a nun in a convent near the reservation. She is encouraged and plagued by Sister Leopolda, who also appears in Tracks (1988). Marie tries to deny her Native American blood, which Leopolda,...

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