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Come Walk in My Moccasins Newsletter
February 2018
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In this issue:
Books: We All Count,You Hold Me Up,Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, The Birchbark HouseOur Music: Diamond Our Words: Ojibwe Emotion Words Grandma's Voice: Remembering Grandma Our Stories: Culture and Language Working Together
Traditional Beauty: Making Lyed Corn Recipe: Salted Dark Chocolate Sunbutter Cookies |
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Corn is a staple food that was cultivated by First Nations for thousands of years. Today it is grown all around the world, and has many uses.
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| We All Count (Cree)
Infant and toddler In this basic counting book from 1 to 10, this bilingual board book introduces Plains Cree (y-dialect) and Swampy Cree (n-dialect) written in Roman orthography. Artist and author, Julie Flett, has a simple graphic style using bold and clear text to introduce counting with appropriate cultural images from contemporary Cree society. An excellent introduction to counting to ten in Cree and English using authentic Cree imagery. (Excerpt from StrongNations.com)
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| You Hold Me Up (Métis)
Preschool and Kindergarten
This vibrant picture book, beautifully illustrated by celebrated artist Danielle Daniel, encourages children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other’s well-being in their everyday actions.
Consultant, international speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote You Hold Me Up to prompt a dialogue among young people, their care providers and educators about reconciliation and the importance of the connections children make with their friends, classmates and families. This is a foundational book about building relationships, fostering empathy and encouraging respect between peers, starting with our littlest citizens. (excerpt from StrongNations.com)
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| Hiawatha and the Peacemaker (Mohawk, Cayuga)
Primary Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation.
Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker’s message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the 14th century. This message not only succeeded in uniting the tribes but also forever changed how the Iroquois governed themselves—a blueprint for democracy that would later inspire the authors of the U.S. Constitution.
Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator David Shannon brings the journey of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker to life with arresting oil paintings. Together, Robertson and Shannon have crafted a new children’s classic that will both educate and inspire readers of all ages.
Includes a CD featuring a new, original song written and performed by Robbie Robertson.
(Excerpt from StrongNations.com) |
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| The Birchbark House (Ojibwe)
Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. It is 1850 and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows.
Satisfying routines of Omakayas's days are interrupted by a surprise visit from a group of desperate and mysterious people. From them, she learns that all their lives may drastically change. The chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island in Lake Superior and move farther west. Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, is in danger: her home; her way of life. (Excerpt from StrongNations.com)
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| Diamond
Enjoy this video produced by Kaienkwinehtha Ransom and the students at the Film Fundamentals Program 2013 in Akwesasne Mohawk Territories. The song "Diamond" was written by Bear Fox for her son on his birthday, and reflects his childhood and growing up. (5:25 min video)
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Emotion Words in Ojibwe
This video is perfect for introducing new vocabulary to young children. Each emotion word is written and spoken, as well as shown through the facial expressions of a puppet and child. Time between the narration of each new word is spaced out so the learner has time to repeat the narrator's pronunciation. (1 minute video)
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Remembering Grandma
Karen Lewis from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. In this video Karen shares stories and wisdom of her grandmother Molly Brant. (2:50 minute video) |
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| Culture and Language Working Together In the Past and Today
"The wolf and the eagle walk together. They gift each other." And so begins the story of Onagottay, an Annishinabe Elder from the Eagle Clan and Teyonon:tote, who is a youth from the Wolf Clan. (2:20 minute video) |
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This story has been created through Kingston Indigenous Language Nest and the Indigenous Health Program through Kingston Community Health Centres.
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Making Lyed Corn
Before white corn can be cooked into corn soup, it must first be put through a process called ‘lying’. Lye is an extremely strong acid found in hardwood ashes. This is what Rotinonhsyón:ni traditionally used as it was abundant from their campfires. This lying process softens the outer shell somewhat and allows the two black eyes found on each kernel of corn to be washed off after cooking. People are again learning how to prepare the white corn in this manner. The amount of wood ashes to be boiled with the corn is a very tricky task to accomplish properly. Too much lye will destroy the corn and too little will not do the job.
(3:45 minute video) |
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| Salted Dark Chocolate Sunbutter Cookies
This 3-ingredient cookie recipe by Sondi Bruner takes 5 minutes to prepare, and only 12 minutes to bake. These cookies feature sunflower seed butter, an ingredient that is indigenous to Nations and Tribes throughout North and South America. |
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Indigenous Language Resources |
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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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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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| Understanding Indigenous Perspectives Free online modules from University of Toronto introducing key issues affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada (Modules include: Indigenous Worldviews; Indigenous Ways of Knowing; Power & Representation: Stereotypes; What is Reconciliation?; A Short History of Indigenous Education; We Are All Treaty People).
For information or to register for one or more module email madoc@contactnorth.ca
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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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Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis
Available in Inuktitut, Ojibwe, Plains Cree, and Woods Cree languages |
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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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| Métis Nation of Ontario February Calendar, Kingston |
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| | Have a Heart Day Campaign, Canada |
| | | Have a Heart Community Breakfast, Tyendinaga Friday, February 16 |
| | Indigenous Family Social, Napanee
Monday, February 26 |
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