Let's Go for a Walk on Mother Earth: Mtakmi kwe trickster born in the north woods

born in the north woods and Midwestern farm country

Presented here with the clarity and charm of a master storyteller

Dan SaSuWeh Jones chronicles his family's time at Chilocco--starting with his grandmother Little Moon's arrival when the school first opened and ending with him working on the maintenance crew when the school shut down nearly one hundred years later

It presents the Sicangu dialect using an orthography developed by Lakota in 1982 and which is now supplanting older systems provided by linguists and missionaries

Many of the essays also address how indigenous people made meaning of gender and how these meanings developed over time within their own communities

Let's Go for a Walk on Mother Earth: Mtakmi kwe trickster born in the north woodsToday is a good day to go for a walk on Mother Earth. Come on a journey with young Sachiiwin and Waawaasbiikse as they count all the wonderful animals they can see. With each new animal friend, learn their Anishinaabemowin name, and discover what makes them special. This delightful resource for little ones from Ojibway author, Juliana Armstrong, combines concepts of counting, Anishinaabemowin language learning, and traditional teachings. Accessible,