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Come Walk in My Moccasins Newsletter
August 2020
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In this issue:
Books: Fishing in the Summertime, Bowwow Powwow, Morning on the Lake, Moccasin Square GardensOur Words: Manoomin - AnishinaabemowinOur Music: Gathering Song Our Arts: Rain Sticks Our Stories: Manoomin: Food That Grows on the Water Our Traditions: Birch Bark Canoe Recipe: Wild Rice Salad |
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| Did you know?
Indigenous people of the Great Lake Regions go out in canoes to harvest wild rice (manoomin in Anishinaabemowin) in the shallow waters. They harvest the wild rice by using two small wooden poles/sticks called “knockers” or “flails” to thresh the seeds into the canoe.
Personal Reflection Question:
Have you ever tried wild rice? What different ways have you tried it?
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Fishing in the Summertime
Infant and Toddler
Fishing in the Summertime is a wordless picture book by Arvaaq Books, an imprint of Inhabit Education. This book is written by Monica Ittusardjuat and illustrated by Anton Kotelenets. In Fishing in the Summertime, the colourful illustrations show a fishing experience. The images show social interactions and enjoyment of the event as fishing skills develop between a child and his father as they go fishing, catch fish, and make pitsi. Wordless picture books help young children develop early book-handling skills and to use vocabulary as they interact with the book. Developing sequencing skills as detailed in this book, can also help children recognize patterns that make the world around them more predictable. The title page is in both Inuktitut syllabics and English. (excerpt from Goodminds.com)
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Bowwow Powwow
Preschool and Kindergarten
This story celebrates the history of Ojibwe song and dance, past and present through the story of Windy Girl and her vivid imagination. Travelling with Uncle and her new good and brave dog, Itchy Boy, her Uncle shares stories with her about the powwow when he was a boy. At the powwow Windy Girl and Itchy Boy enjoy the day well into the evening and fall asleep under the northern lights after listening to singing and watching dancers. It is Windy Girl’s dream about a special powwow that is the inspiration for Bowwow Powwow and the images that also carry the story. This is a 2019 American Library Association Notable Children’s Book winner. (excerpt from Goodminds.com)
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Morning On The Lake
Primary
A young boy and his grandfather set out in a birchbark canoe early one spring morning. Under the patient and gentle guidance of his grandfather, the boy gradually comes to respect the ways of nature and to understand his own place in the world. (excerpt from Strongnations.com)
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Moccasin Square Gardens
Adult
The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves (“The Camel Clutch”), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or “Sky People,” love, lust, and prayers for peace.
While this is Van Camp’s most hilarious short story collection, it’s also haunted by the lurking presence of the Wheetago, human-devouring monsters of legend that have returned due to global warming and the greed of humanity. The stories in Moccasin Square Gardens show that medicine power always comes with a price. (excerpt from Strongnations.com)
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| Manoomin - Anishinaabemowin
Learn a few words in Anishinaabemowin associated with processing Manoomin.
Photo slideshow of members of Kingston Indigenous Languages Nest processing wild rice in 2019. (1:05 minute video)
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| Gathering Song
Judi Montgomery, Coleen Mizen, and Thelma Peterson sing the Gathering Song. Lyrics included in the description of the video. (2:48 minute video) |
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| Rain Sticks
Make a rain stick with Holly - fun for all ages to do!
Rain sticks were traditionally made using hollowed out, dried cactus or other plants, and cactus needles were pushed into the core to form an obstruction. Small pebbles were then placed inside and the ends of the cactus tube sealed. Flipping the stick over simulated the pattering sound of rain.
Rain sticks are still used today to at Pow Wows and other traditional gatherings. It’s been adopted by other cultures and is often used as a soothing tool for meditation and music production. (2:04 minute video)
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Manoomin: Food That Grows on the Water
Follow Fred Ackley Jr. from the Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Mole Lake as he harvests and processes manoomin, or wild rice. He explores the importance of prayer and tradition for cultural survival. (4:23 minute video)
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Making a Birch Bark Canoe
In this short video, catch the highlights of traditional canoe building using natural materials. “The birch bark canoe was created by the Indigenous people of this land. In the birch bark canoe the spirit of man, and the spirit of nature are one. They are not separate.” – Tom Byers (2:39 minute video)
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| Wild Rice Salad
"This wild rice salad is not only tasty but good for you, too!" Joseph De Leo
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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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| 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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| Songs & Stories with Kahwa:tsire Welcomes Théo Redsky Paradis, ONLINE Wednesday, August 5 |
| | | Placenta Teachings, ONLINE Wednesday, August 5 |
| | Mino-Bimaadiziwin: Water is Life, ONLINE
Thursday, August 6 |
| | | International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Sunday, August 9 |
| | | Evening Story Time with Kahwa:tsire and Danka Brewer, ONLINE Monday, August 10 |
| | | Songs & Stories with Kahwa:tsire - PowWow, ONLINE Wednesday, August 12 |
| | Myeengun Henry Storytelling 8th Fire & 8th Generation Prophecies, ONLINE
Monday, August 24 |
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