Indian Camp

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The Indian tribe in Catholic Ernest Hemingway's short story "Indian Camp" is not explicitly named within the text, but they are understood to be Ojibwe, aka Ojibway or Chippewa. Based on his upbringing in Northern Michigan, Hemingway’s portrayal is rooted in his experiences with the Ojibwe and Ottawa tribes in that region. David Publishing +1 Ernest died at 61 from a self-inflicted gunshot. It is true that my dad killed himself in a much worse way, and you will never know how, and I loved him more. By the end I realized that the Latino thug dreamt up in the novel was the character I loved most.