Children's Nonfiction Native Canadian
Nos histoires sont vivantes
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2011
- Category
- Native Canadian
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781897252994
- Publish Date
- Dec 2011
- List Price
- $19.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 7 to 18
- Grade: 2 to 12
Description
Join Tlicho young people, Shelinda, Forest, and Bradley, as they learn about making dry-fish, bows and arrows, and birch-bark baskets; the practices of old-time healers; as well as the sacred stories that tell the history of the Tlicho people. Some of the stories related in this book have never been written down before -versions of sacred stories are a gift to young readers across Canada, to be used wisely.
The Tlicho Nation was the first in the Northwest Territories to gain self-government. With Elders such as Philip and Elizabeth passing along their traditional wisdom to the young, as well as knowledge gained since the Tlicho first encountered European peoples, the Tlicho are showing how they are, "strong like two people."
About the authors
Mindy Willett lives in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories. She is a teacher at heart although no longer in the classroom. She first came north to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut in 1987 and most recently taught in Kugluktuk, Nunavut from 1996 to 2000. Mindy stopped being a classroom teacher when she had her son Jack. To remain home as much as possible, she started her own home-based business, writing educational materials.
Therese Zoe is a Fifth House Books author.
"Tessa Macintosh is an award-winning northern photographer who raised her family in Yellowknife. In 35 years she has been fortunate to photograph many wonderful northerners and fantastic places across the North. Her photos illustrate the 7 other books in The Land is Our Storybook series, and her work is included in Canadian Shield (2011). She has fond memories of previous visits to Great Bear Lake, beginning 30 years ago, toddler in tow, to photograph Elders making snowshoes."
Tessa Macintosh's profile page
"After her Master in Polar Studies, France Benoit moved to Yellowknife thinking she would stay for two years...23 years later, she is still there! After a career as a civil servant, she now directs her own documentary films. France and her husband live in the boreal forest pumping their water from the lake, heating their home with wood and getting their energy from the sun."
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Sharing Our Truths
Tapwe
Au coeur de nos croyances
No Borders
Kigliqangittuq
Fiers d'etre Innvialuits
Le caribou nourrit notre �me
The Caribou Feed Our Soul (French)
Viens avec moi
nous apprendrons ensemble!
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Dene dzó t?áré
Comme on se sent bien ici!
Le delta, c'est mon chez moi
The Caribou Feed Our Soul
“étthén bet'á dághíddá