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Come Walk in My Moccasins Newsletter
April 2022
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In this Issue:
Books: Amik, A Magical Strugenon, Thunder & the Noise Storms, Brading Sweetgrass Our Music: Mohawk Water Song Our Arts: Bone Bracelet Our Words: Water Bodies in Anishinaabemowin Our Stories: Nanaboozhoo & the Wild Roses Our Traditions: Grinding Stone Recipe: Salmon Cakes |
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| Amik
Infant and Toddler
Sharon King is an educator, performer and producer from Wasauksing First Nation has written this children's picture book telling the story of Amik, the beaver, who works on his dam throughout the day while nature and the activities of other animals carry on around him. At the end of a long day, Amik returns to his den to be with his family.
Along with its beautiful cut-paper illustrations, Amik offers the chance for children to learn words and phrases in both English and Anishinaabemowin. A fun, colourful and engaging book for children ages three through six. Sharon King is an educator, performer and producer from Wasauksing First Nation. (excerpt from Goodminds.com) |
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A Magical Sturgeon
Preschool and Kindergarten
Joseph Dandurand is a member of Kwantlen First Nation located on the Fraser River and Elinor Atkins is an Indigenous artist from the Kwantlen First Nation. In A Magical Sturgeon, The Sturgeon, Spirit of the Great River, eludes human fishers until two young sisters neglect to follow their mother’s instructions. What follows provides a moving exploration of the importance of Sharing and Kinship with all other living things. The story is told with grace and simplicity in the great tradition of the Kwantlen people by Joseph Dandurand. In the water sat a sturgeon, born there, so they say, thousands of years ago, though the sturgeon themselves have been here for two hundred million years. It was at first a little egg, a big egg, born into the river. Now the sturgeon is back but how did it get here? How did the first sturgeon come to be? Earth and the river, moons and suns and clouds. Time, thousands of years and the Skwó:wech has seen it all. But what gift does the sturgeon have for us? (excerpt from Goodminds.com) |
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Thunder and the Noise Storms
Primary
Thunder and the Noise Storms is written by Cree educator and psychologist Jeffrey Ansloos and Shezza Ansloos, Cree writer, educator, artist and speaker. This book is illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, an Anishinaabe artist/illustrator from Wasauksing First Nation. In Thunder and the Noise Storms when the world gets too loud and chaotic, a young boy’s grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing - for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise storms. But when Thunder’s Mosom asks him what he hears on an urban nature walk, Thunder starts to understand how sounds like bird wings flapping and rushing water can help him feel calm and connected. Gentle, inviting illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley emphasize Mosom’s lessons about the healing power of the world around us. (excerpt from Strongnations.com)
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| Braiding Sweetgrass
Adult
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return. (excerpt from Strongnations.com)
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| Mohawk Water Song
Jaida Maracle & Théo Paradis perform a beautiful Mohawk Water Song. The translated lyrics are:
“We Love the Waters"
"The Water is Precious"
"We Love the Waters"
"The Water is Precious"
"The Water is Precious"
"We Love the Waters"
"The Water is Precious" (2:08 minute video)
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| How to Make a Bone Bracelet
Tracey Gazley, from Tyendinaga, Mohawk Territory, crafts and shares this video on how to make a bone bracelet. (1:57 minute video) |
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| Water Bodies
Practice saying names of water bodies in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) in this short video. Nibi Bimaadiziwin - Water is Life. (.44 second video) |
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| Nanaboozhoo & the Wild Roses
Nanaboozhoo is often thought of as a trickster in Anishinaabe stories, but they are also kind and caring. Watch this video to learn how wild roses got their thorns. (2:17 minute video) |
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| Grinding Stone
Janice Brant demonstrates how to use this Indigenous tool; the unique stone mortar and pestle set.The top and bottom stone fit together and are a very good tool for grinding and cracking because of their weight. (30:13 minute video) Click this link to learn more! |
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| Salmon Cakes
A quick and easy recipe from the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle Recipe Collection. Canned salmon is a much cheaper alternative to fresh or frozen salmon and is just as high in healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Stock up when it is on sale & keep some in your pantry for a quick, tasty meal. |
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Indigenous Language Resources |
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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!
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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| Kingston Indigenous Language Nest invites you to engage in language revitalization with Dibajimowin: Urban Indigenous Languages Revitalization Project. The centerpiece of this website is a collection of thirty digital stories about culture and language made by community members. Each personal story shares insights into the barriers to language learning and cultural connection as well as the many ways we are resilient and relentless. For each story, we pulled out key themes to create new language learning resources such as vocabulary lessons, creative activities and cultural teachings. We have sorted the stories in different ways: by digital story, by language and by cultural teachings. Explore and Enjoy! |
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Free Anishinaabemowin printable resources, lesson plans, and videos to help learn the language |
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| Toronto Zoo- Turtle Island Conservation Toronto Zoo's Turtle Island Conservation programme (TIC) respectfully shares the hopes and goals of First Nation partners in our committment to the preservation of biodiversity. TIC partners with First Nation communities to preserve community knowledge and significant natural and cultural landscapes.
Resources available in Ojibwe and Mohawk. |
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Aanii.org Resource website for Anishinaabe culture, history and language |
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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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Sources for Indigenous books:
Indigenous Book Lending:
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Testsi’nehtará:ron with Liv Rondeau, ONLINE
Thursday, April 7 |
| | An Evening with Susan Aglukark, Port Hope, ON
Saturday, April 9 |
| | | The Mush Hole, Ottawa, ON April 13 to 16 |
| | WORKSHOP: Porcupine Quill Earrings with Melanie Gray, Kingston, ON
Saturday, April 23 |
| | Tetewatsinehta’rá:ron – let’s all bead!, Kingston, ON
Saturday, April 30 View Details |
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