Penina Keen Spinka

Hidden in Mist Penina Keen Spinka

Anna Lee Waldo, author of SACAJEWEA said about PICTURE MAKER that she did not want the story to end. Linda Lay Shuler, author of SHE WHO REMEMBERS, said PICTURE MAKER is totally engrossing, and Bravo! Sue Harrison, author of MOTHER EARTH, FATHER SKY said: "Penina Keen Spinka holds the gift of magic in her words. Authentic details of ancient life send the reader on a journey that will delight and her characters are so well-drawn they make a place for themselves in the heart." Take a journey into legend. Hidden In Mist - Bereaved prairie dweller. He becomes the guardian spirit of Niagara River and its majestic Niagara Falls. He lives in a cave behind it. Tododaho - Onondaga - War chief and sorcerer who intends to change Tribal Law. Jekonsaseh - Mother of Nations - She escapes from a planned marriage and intends to end her life at Niagara Falls. Hidden in Mist saves her and becomes her mentor. She lives to fulfill her destiny. Hiawatha - Onondaga - Father of Laughing Water - cursed for opposing Tododaho. He becomes the man-eating scourge of the wild places. The Peacemaker can heal his mind, but can he live with the memory of what he was? The Peacemaker - Called Deganawida (Thinker) - Huron. Son of a maiden and a spirit. His grandmother tried to drown him at birth. He will bring peace to five warring nations and unite them into the Five Tribes Confederacy (the Iroquois). Ole Red Hair - Greenlander. He survived his country's doom. With his sister, Dream Weaver, Ole finds sanctuary in the New World with Tribe Ganeo-gaono, later called Mohawk. Fitting in is just the beginning. Ole Red Hair must accept his nature before he can reconcile with the woman he loves.