William Dumas, William Dumas

Amo's Sapotawan (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Brynjolson, Rhian; Brynjolson, Rhian

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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Rocky Cree people understand that all children are born with four gifts or talents. When a child is old enough, they decide which gift, or mithikowisiwin, they will seek to master. With her sapotawan ceremony fast approaching, Amo must choose her mithikowisiwin. Her sister, Pisim, became a midwife; others gather medicines or harvest fish. But none of those feel quite right.

Amo has always loved making things. Her uncle can show her how to make nipisiwata, willow baskets. Her grandmother can teach her how to make kwakwaywata, birchbark containers and plates. Her auntie has offered to begin Amo's apprenticeship in making askihkwak, pottery.

What will Amo's mithikowisiwin be? Which skill should she choose? And how will she know what is right for her?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Portage & Main Press
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Altersempfehlung: ab 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781774920398
• Artikelnr.: 69987561

Autorenporträt

William Dumas, a Rocky Cree Storyteller,was born in South Indian Lake, Manitoba. For 25 years, he has been an educator and administrator; his passion for Cree language and culture are well aligned with his current position as Cree Language and Culture Coordinator for the Nisichawayasihk (Nelson House) Education Authority. As the author of The Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak series, William knows first-hand the power storytelling has to teach Indigenous youth about where they come from and where they are going.