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Book cover of Firekeeper's Daughter
Firekeeper's DaughterAngeline BoulleyFirekeeper's Daughter, book 1

Characters in Firekeeper's Daughter

7 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Daunis Fontaine

    Eighteen-year-old daughter of an Ojibwe father and a white mother, torn between the two communities on and off the Sault Ste. Marie reservation.

Supporting characters

  • Jamie Johnson

    A new recruit on her half-brother's hockey team who Daunis falls for, before learning he is an undercover federal agent investigating the local meth trade.

  • Levi Firekeeper

    Daunis's younger half-brother and captain of the Sault Ste. Marie Supes junior hockey team, sharing their late father but raised in a separate household.

  • Auntie Teddie

    Daunis's paternal aunt, who keeps her connected to Ojibwe tradition and community life after her father's death.

  • Granny June

    The grandmother and guardian of Daunis's best friend Lily, after Lily's own parents were no longer able to raise her.