Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of AgeAs a small boy in remote Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod is immersed in his Cree family's history, passed down in the stories of his mother, Bertha. There he is surrounded by her tales of joy and horrorof the strong men in their family, of her love for Darrel, and of the cruelty she and her sisters endured in residential schoolas well as his many siblings and cousins, and the smells of moose stew and wild peppermint tea. And there young Darrel learns to be

Hilbert's collection of thirty-three stories

and Métis families

he analyzes the historical context and choices that enabled some Indian communities to avoid relocation west of the Mississippi River

Margaret Noodin explains in the preface of her new poetry collection

and colors in a setting of Coast Salish

and pepper whose tonic and healing properties are less widely known

Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father

I must observe

for assistance

Dakota history did not begin with the U

At the back of the book is a two-way glossary which contains useful vocabulary

And never end up treating her kids so badly