Lipsha Morrissey
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Lipsha Morrissey is a central, spiritually gifted and emotionally conflicted young man in Louise Erdrich’s interconnected novels about the Ojibwe Kashpaw family, most prominently featured in Love Medicine.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lipsha Morrissey canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Louise Erdrich’s interconnected Ojibwe novels
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Love Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ Tales of Burning Love NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bingo Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Erdrich’s Ojibwe family cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kashpaw family
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Nanapush family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biologicalFather | Gerry Nanapush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biologicalMother | June Kashpaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | central character in the Kashpaw family saga ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Love Medicine universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Louise Erdrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Morrissey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Native American literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Lipsha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Gerry Nanapush
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June Kashpaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Kashpaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Nector Kashpaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
emotionally conflicted
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humorous ⓘ self‑doubting ⓘ spiritually gifted ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | first‑person narrator of several chapters in Love Medicine ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional conflict
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spiritual gifts ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Marie Kashpaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Catholicism
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Ojibwe spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| residence | fictional North Dakota reservation community ⓘ |
| setting | North Dakota reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
cultural heritage
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family ⓘ identity ⓘ love and relationships ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century (fictional setting) ⓘ |
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