| Acknowledgments | p. vi |
| Author's Note | p. vii |
| 1 The Meeting | p. 1 |
| 2 End of Aniceage | p. 11 |
| Part I Old Man and the Spirit of Summer | p. 11 |
| Part II When the Great Panther Rises | p. 27 |
| 3 People of the Pays D'en Haut | p. 33 |
| Part I Origins | p. 33 |
| Part II The Nothing | p. 49 |
| Part III Food to Go | p. 55 |
| 4 Earth Roots | p. 61 |
| Part I Introduction | p. 61 |
| Part II People of the Rocks | p. 62 |
| Part III People of Gichi Gami | p. 66 |
| Part IV The Four Seasons | p. 69 |
| 5 The Wolf's Head | p. 81 |
| Part I The Fire of Manidoo and the Old Man | p. 81 |
| Part II People of the Red Metal | p. 90 |
| Part III Minong | p. 98 |
| 6 A Long Winter Night | p. 111 |
| Part I Tambora and the Little Ice Age | p. 111 |
| Part II Shooting the Wintermaker | p. 116 |
| Part III The Fur Trader | p. 127 |
| 7 Makers of the Magic Smoke | p. 137 |
| Part I The Red Stone | p. 137 |
| Part II Coyote and the Gift | p. 148 |
| 8 The Talking Sky | p. 167 |
| Part I Fisher and Friends | p. 167 |
| Part II The Immensity of It All | p. 184 |
| 9 The Never-Ending Circle | p. 197 |
| Bibliography | p. 203 |
| Index | p. 211 |
