The title of the short story "The Loons" reflect the idea that people perceived loons as a fool and maniac just like Piquette and First Nations. Piquette Tonerres faces discrimination from the Caucasoid race as her Indian region is dominated by the white and her natural habitat is destroyed during the process of colonization. The loons in the Diamond Lake goes through the same change as the environments are affected by the man-made catastrophe; the loons once graced the lake surrounding the community but as the environment undergo a change converting the land for more development, the loons no longer have a place to stay. Piquette strives to adapt and fit in the whites by marrying a white man and change her appearance to not look half-breed.
