View this email online if it doesn't display correctly Come Walk in My Moccasins Newsletter May 2015   In this issue: Children's Books: I See Me and Taking Care of Mother Earth Oral Story: Introduction to the Oral Tradition of Storytelling Indigenous Hero: Carey Price Seven Grandfather Teachings: Wisdom Smudging and Medicines: Smudging 101 Indigenous Recipe: Dandelion and Mustard Green Salad Featured Books I See Me by Margaret Manuel This delightful baby book is filled with images of baby eating, sleeping, playing and more. A blank line appears under each English caption so parents may write the word in their own language. To help parents use this book, an example of an Okanagan word appears on a blank line on the first page spread. Other pages each have a blank line for missing words, and parents can write the appropriate word on each line. (Strongnations.com) Taking Care of Mother Earth by Leanne Flett Kruger Charlie and Grandma are doing chores around the house. While doing the chores, grandma shares stories with Charlie on how to take care mother earth. (Strongnations.com) This book is one in a series developed through consultations with health promotion workers and early childhood educators. It is well suited for children aged three to five years. Oral Story The Oral Tradition of Storytelling Discover the origins and intent of oral stories and legends. Hear the story of why we have mosquitoes too! (4 minute video) New Words Mohawk Words and Phrases Translations in print and audio formats Michif Language Resource Translations in audio, video and print formats Anishnaabemowin - Our Language Our Culture Ojibwa language booklet Our Heroes Carey Price, hockey goal tender for the Montreal Canadiens, gold-medal winner at the Sochi Winter Olympics, and winner of top goal tending award from the International Ice Hockey Federation, is a hero to hockey fans around the world. His gifts, however, reach beyond playing on the ice. Discover how Carey Price impacts Trent Leon, a young First Nations boy from the same school and community in Anahim Lake B.C. in which Carey grew up. (6:38 minute video) Grandfather Teaching Wisdom—The Beaver Wisdom is the ability to make decisions based on personal knowledge and experience. Wisdom also means knowing what your limits are with respect to your body and the life around you. The beaver represents wisdom because it utilizes its gifts in ways that promote wellness for itself and its family. The Creator gave beaver large teeth and the knowledge of how to build. This has enabled the beaver to positively impact its environment and create a more sustainable world. Native people understand that the beaver is intelligent, productive and very much a family animal. Smuding and Medicines Smudging 101: What is Smudging? Smudging promotes healing and brings balance to body, mind and spirit. Aboriginal elders teach that we must be cleansed of any bad feelings and spirits, as well as negative thoughts or energy, before we can be healed or heal others. This cleansing of the body, mind and spirit is called smudging. Among Indigenous Peoples, smudging is a sacred traditional ceremony used with intention to bring about change. Sacred medicines are burned and the smoke is carried over the body to physically and spiritually purify. Elders tell us that all ceremonies must be entered into with a good heart so that the spirits can help us enter the sacred realm in a clear way without distortion or negativity. Indigenous Fusion Recipes Dandelion and Mustard Green Salad  Back to Roots: Traditional Cycle of Foods and Accompanying Recipes (Created for the Napanee Aboriginal Community Health Centre by Lindsay Keuning Rutherford and Thalia Ottaviano) Resources Powwow Etiquette: Quick guidelines and tips to help those attending Powwows know how to participate respectfully. A Facilitator's Guide: Planning a First Nations Workshop for Parents This Best Start Resource Centre resource has been developed with the guidance of an advisory group, and content provided by Dionne Nolan and Jennifer Menominee. Gathering Communities Making Connections: Indigenous services, and community-based groups for people with Native Ancestry and for those who work with Indigenous families and children. Sources for Aboriginal books: GoodMinds.com Strong Nations Aboriginal Book Lending: Kanhiote Tyendinaga Public Library Events Ontario Native Women's Association Mocc Walk May and June View Event Métis Nation Ontario Kingston May Calendar of Events Programs at a Glance Moon Ceremony Kingston Tuesday May 5 View Event Indigenous Story Walk, Napanee Wednesday May 6 View Event Annual Mohawk Landing Commemoration Tyendinaga May 24 View event Journey Through Motherhood, MNO Bancroft Thursdays May 7 to June 11 View Program Powwows in Ontario May through to August 2015 View schedule and locations Subscribe Now Aboriginal Family Literacy Circle Partners: Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program (Hastings, Lennox & Addington, Frontenac Counties) Lennox & Addington Resources for Children Family Space Early Years and Early Literacy Kingston Literacy & Skills Parenting and Family Literacy Centres (Kingston) Hastings-Prince Edward Children and Youth Services Network Come Walk in My Moccasins is created by the Aboriginal Family Literacy Circle and sponsored by Hastings-Prince Edward Children Youth Services Network. 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