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"This gentle picture-book lullaby, in both Plains Cree and English, is a celebration of the plants and animals of the Prairies and a meditation on the sacred, ancestral connections between Indigenous children and their Traditional Territories."--

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Main Author: Simpson, Tonya (Author)
Other Authors: Joseph, Carla (Illustrator), Okimāsis, Jean L., 1938- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Cree
Published: Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2023.
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Summary:"This gentle picture-book lullaby, in both Plains Cree and English, is a celebration of the plants and animals of the Prairies and a meditation on the sacred, ancestral connections between Indigenous children and their Traditional Territories."--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Issued also in electronic formats.
ISBN:9781459837584
1459837584
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nêhiyâwiw êkwa Scotiwiw Tonya Simpson. paskwâwiyinînâhk ohtaskânêsiw êkwa kî-nihtâwikiw mîna kî-ohpikiw tâwâyihk Alberta. kîsi-kiskinwahamâkosiw anthropology MA program, Alberta kihci-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk, êkwa mîna êkwa atoskâtam ê-wîcihtâsot ta-nanâtawi-kiskêyihtamihk, mêkwâc ê-wâh-ohpikihât ocawâsimisa mîmîw sâkahikanihk, Westerose, Alberta. nîkân otâpasinahikêwasinahikan ôma kâkikê kîkinaw, nistam kâ-cistomâwasôstât okosisa.

nêhiyaw otâpasinahikêwiw Carla Joseph, Prince George, awasâpiskohk ê-ohcît kayâhtê. 2016 kâ-akimiht, kî-atoskêw Prince George Community Arts Council, êkota ê-mêkwâ-wîkit, êkwa mîna kî-atoskawêw nanâtohk kotaka ê-oyêyihtahk tâpasinahikêwina, tâpiskôc Aboriginal Head Start Association of BC, Northern Healthêkwa mîna First Nations Health Authority. cîhkêyihtam Carla tânisi otâpasinahikêwin ê-cîhkêyihtamihikoyit ayisiyiniwa. êwako sîhkiskâkow ta-âhkami-âpacihtât kâ-kî-miyikowisit êkwa mîna cîhkêyihtam ta-ma-mâwinêhosot nanâtohk acoskêwinisa ê-miyo-otinahk, mihcêt êkoni kâh-wâpahcikâtêwa nanânis otihtâwinihk. Be a Good Ancestorôma wiya kî-tâpasinaham. Chilliwack, British Columbia mêkwâc wîkiw.

Jean Okimāsiskî-nihtâwikiw môswacîhk (White Bear First Nations) êkwa mîna kî-nitawi-kiskinwahamâkosiw ohpimê kiskinwahamâkêwikamikohk Lebret, Saskatchewan. nîstanaw askiy kî-kiskinwahamâkêw kisiskâciwaniyiniw kihci-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk (First Nations University of Canadakâ-isiyihkâtêk mêkwâc) êkwa mîna kî-wîcihtâsow ta-yahkitisahamihk iyiniw-pîkiskwêwina. kêkâc nêmitanaw askiy êkwa, omasinahikana mîna opîkiskwêmohcikêwina, nêhiyawêwin: paskwâwi-pîkiskwêwin, ay-âpacihcikâtêyiwa misiwê ôta pahkisimotâhk kâ-kanâtahk askîhk. kêyâpic atoskâtam ta-ohpinahk nêhiyawêwin mîna nêhiyawasinahikêwin; ê-nâh-nêhiyawastât êkwa ê-mâh-mînwasinahamâkêt masinahikana.