Children's Fiction Native Canadian
Returning to the Yakoun River
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2022
- Category
- Native Canadian, Multigenerational, Camping & Outdoor Activities
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781774920213
- Publish Date
- Sep 2022
- List Price
- $21.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781774920220
- Publish Date
- Oct 2022
- List Price
- $18.00
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 6 to 8
- Grade: 1 to 3
Description
Based on author Sara Florence Davidson’s childhood memories, this illustrated story captures the joy and adventure of a Haida fish camp.
Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather).
About the authors
Sara Florence Davidson (she/her/hers) is a Haida/Settler Assistant Professor in Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Previously, she was an educator working with adolescents in the K-12 system in British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Sara is the co-author of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning through Ceremony, which she wrote with her father, and Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii, which she wrote with her stepmother, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson.
When she is not reading or writing, Sara can be found walking with her dog, drinking tea, or listening to stories and learning something new.
Sara Florence Davidson's profile page
Robert Davidson is a carver, sculptor, painter, printmaker and jeweller, whose work is in private and public collections internationally. He is also a student of the Haida language, culture and history, and performs Haida songs and dances as a member of the Rainbow Creek Dancers. Two books have been published on his work, Robert Davidson, Haida Printmaker by Hilary Stewart and Robert Davidson: Eagle of the Dawn edited by Ian M. Thom, in conjunction with a major retrospective of his work at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Robert Davidson's profile page
Janine Gibbons, a Haida Raven of the Double-Fin Killer Whale Clan, Brown Bear House, is a multi-disciplinary artist and award-winning illustrator. Janine’s works are inspired by the waters and lands of the Pacific Northwest, and their myriad colours, energies, and languages. Janine graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Janine has illustrated four books in the Sealaska Heritage’s Baby Raven Reads series, including Raven Makes the Aleutians, an AIYLA Honor Book, and most recently Nang Jáadaa Sg̱áana ‘Láanaa aa Isdáayaan (The Woman Carried Away by Killer Whales), which is entirely in the Haida language Xaad Kíl.
Other titles by Sara Florence Davidson
Dancing With Our Ancestors
Resurgence
Engaging With Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom
Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii Colouring and Activity Book
Teacher Guide for the Sk'ad'a Stories
Intergenerational Learning and Storytelling in the Classroom
Learning to Carve Argillite
Jigging for Halibut With Tsinii
Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii
Potlatch as Pedagogy
Learning Through Ceremony
Other titles by Robert Davidson
Echoes of the Supernatural
The Graphic Art of Robert Davidson
Dancing With Our Ancestors
Research for Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Learning to Carve Argillite
Jigging for Halibut With Tsinii
Potlatch as Pedagogy
Learning Through Ceremony
B is for Basketball
Eagle Transforming
The Art of Robert Davidson