The Gift of the Little People: A Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak Story Dumas William
In this illustrated short story for all ages, celebrated Rocky Cree storyteller William Dumas shares a teaching about the power of community in the face of adversity.I don't recall seeing books when I…
Specifikacia The Gift of the Little People: A Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak Story Dumas William
In this illustrated short story for all ages, celebrated Rocky Cree storyteller William Dumas shares a teaching about the power of community in the face of adversity.I don't recall seeing books when I was a little boy. But the old people, they grew up listening to stories. And so, every night, when the old people were done their evening prayers, they would sit and they would tell us stories too.Along with the spring thaw, the Rocky Cree fill their canoes with furs, eager to trade with the new visitors in mistiwastiahko (Hudson's Bay). But not all of the new visitors are welcome.When the canoes return home to the shores of the missinipi river, the Rocky Cree begin to collapse one by one, drenched in sweat and slowly slipping into delirium. hsiw struggles to help the sick as more and more people pass into the spirit realm. Exhausted physically, emotionally,