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Come Walk in My Moccasins Newsletter
April 2019
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In this issue:
Books: Sharing Our World, Thunder Boy Jr., Thundermaker, Split ToothOur Music: Throat SingingOur Words: Ojibwe Word of the Day Our Stories: Thunderbird Story Our Traditions: Welcoming The Thunder Beings Recipe: Vegan Breakfast Cookies |
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During this season as we reflect on the return of the Thunderers, we think about awakening and communication.
Did you know that more than 70 Indigenous languages are spoken across Canada as reported by the 2016 Census.These languages can be divided into 12 language families; Iroquoian, Algonquian, Inuit, Athabaskan, Siouan, Salish, Tsimshian, Wakashan, Michif, Tlingit, Kuetenai, and Haida. Even within the "families" of languages, distinct dialects and understanding will likely vary from Community to Community.
Personal Reflection Question: In what ways are speaking our own languages important to us? What is the connection between awakening our own Cultural Languages and how we connect with the world around us? |
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Sharing Our World: Animals of the Native Northwest
Infant and Toddler
Sharing Our World: Animals of the Native Northwest is a 28-page board book from Native Northwest publishers. This unique title offers young children an introduction to the various animals from the Pacific Northwest Coast.
(excerpt from www.Goodminds.com)
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Preschool and Kindergarten
The award-winning Spokane author tells a humourous story about a young Native American boy who wants a different name. A young Indigenous boy has an issue with his name, Thunder Boy Smith Jr. The problem is the boy's father is known as Thunder Boy Smith Sr. so people on the rez call the father Big Thunder and son becomes known as Little Thunder. Using broad humour the author captures the boy's thoughts about this nickname. While the boy known as Thunder Boy thinks of replacement names with his mom and sister, dad is already planning for a new name for his son.
(adapted from GoodMinds.com)
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Thundermaker
Primary
Mi’kmaw artist Alan Syliboy’s The Thundermaker is based on Alan’s spectacular mixed-media exhibit of the same name. In the book, Big Thunder teaches his son, Little Thunder, about the important responsibility he has making thunder for his people. Little Thunder learns about his Mi’kmaw identity through his father’s teachings and his mother’s traditional stories. Syliboy’s spectacular, vibrant artwork brings the story of Little Thunder to vivid life. (excerpt from Strongnations.com) |
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| Split Tooth
Young Adult
From the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer who has dazzled and enthralled the world with music it had never heard before, a fierce, tender, heartbreaking story unlike anything you've ever read.
Fact can be as strange as fiction. It can also be as dark, as violent, as rapturous. In the end, there may be no difference between them.
A girl grows up in Nunavut in the 1970s. She knows joy, and friendship, and parents' love. She knows boredom, and listlessness, and bullying. She knows the tedium of the everyday world, and the raw, amoral power of the ice and sky, the seductive energy of the animal world. She knows the ravages of alcohol, and violence at the hands of those she should be able to trust. She sees the spirits that surround her, and the immense power that dwarfs all of us. (excerpt from GoodReads.com)
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Throat Singing
Throat singers Samantha Metcalfe and Cailyn Degranpre tell us what throat singing is and give a live performance.
(6:12 min video)
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| Ojibwe Word of the Day
Public speaker and author, James Vukelich, gives us the "Ojibwe Word of the Day" along with a lesson on why it's so important. (10:55min. video) |
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| Thunderbird Story
Listen to the story of the Thunderbirds as told by members of the Pikangikum, First Nation. And watch as they share the sacred site where the thunderbirds had their first nest made of rocks.
(5:23 min.video) |
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| Welcoming the Thunder Beings
Oglala Lakota Elder, Waylon Black Crow, talks about welcoming back the thunder beings, animals, and the medicines when Mother Earth takes off her white shawl and everything begins to turn green. (1:32 min. video) |
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Vegan, soy, dairy, and egg free
To make this recipe gluten free, you must buy gluten free oatmeal. Not all oats are gluten free, so read the labels!
Recipe submission from Aunty Kate, Mohawk Elder |
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Indigenous Language Resources |
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| Online Anishinaabemowin Free Ojiibwe classes for one hour online every Tuesday at 7 p.m. |
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First Voices Kids
Interactive online resource for helping children learn words and phrases in 50 different Indigenous languages on Turtle Island!
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
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Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na provides Mohawk language and culture programming at the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte). They run several programs, including Totáhne (At Grandma's House) for preschool children, Kawenna'ón:we Primary Immersion (K-4) and Shatiwennakará:tats, a year long program for Adults. |
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Morning and Drop-in Programs
Kawenna'on:we Primary Immersion, Tyendinaga |
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This book has information to support women to prepare for pregnancy, to have a healthy pregnancy, and to welcome a new life into your family. It shares cultural knowledge from Elders, community members and First Nations care givers. |
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| Indigenous Midwifery The National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM) defines an Aboriginal midwife as a primary health-care provider who cares for pregnant people, babies and their families throughout pregnancy and birth, and for the first weeks in the postpartum period. An Aboriginal midwife is also a person who is knowledgeable in all aspects of women’s medicine and provides education that helps keep the family and the community healthy.
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Kontinenhanónhnha Tsi Tkahà:nayen ‘They are protecting the seeds at the Bay of Quinte’ is an Indigenous Midwifery Practice located on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory |
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This downloadable booklet supports you to have a healthy pregnancy and to prepare for a traditional way of welcoming your baby into the world. When you bring a baby into the world, it is sacred, spiritual, and life-giving. (Sponsored by Indigenous and non-Indigenous health ministries and organizations in British Columbia.) |
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| Beauty in Movement: An Indigenous Guide to Physical Activity Pamphlet about the importance of physical activity and ideas to get children moving
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| Gathering Communities Making Connections A list of resources and services for people of Indigenous
Ancestry, and for those who work with them |
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Canoe Kids
A family book for readers of all ages that explores Indigenous cultures through authentic Indigenous voices
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Sources for Indigenous books:
Indigenous Book Lending:
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Sweet Water Season, Milton, ON
March 2 - April 7 |
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| Kingston Indigenous Language Nest, Kingston, ON Sunday, April 7 & Sunday, April 14 |
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Tahatikonhsotontie Head Start April Workshops, Tyendinaga, ON Wednesday, April 10 & 24 |
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| 2019 Summer Solstice Pow Wow Competition, Ottawa, ON Saturday, June 22 & Sunday, June 23 |
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| We need YOU!
Help us become more inclusive of the many First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples among our readership. Share an Indigenous recipe, song, or traditional art through Come Walk in My Moccasins. Contact aflccanada@gmail.com if you are interested in becoming a guest contributor.
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