Kohkom’s First Drum / nôhkom nistam omistikwaskihkoma

Kohkom’s First Drum / nôhkom nistam omistikwaskihkomaThis bilingual book includes full text in both English and Plains Cree. When Charlie's Kohkom asks him what the best part of his school day was, he knows right away: Indigenous drum circle! Kohkom tells him that not very long ago she was gifted her very first drum at a ceremony for children who never returned home from residential schools. But Charlie doesn't understand. How could she only have gotten her first drum so recently? Kohkom explains that

Waubgeshig Rice

Hawaiian “aloha ʻāina” is often described in Western political terms—nationalism

intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era

cultural preservation

conveyed by both what is said and how it is said

healing initiatives

and many women in her community

Traversing a range of cultures

Flickering through the chaos are signs of increasing repression: a shaken Cedar witnesses a family wrenched apart when police violently drag a mother from her husband and child in a parking lot

and warrior games

he must confront the man known as Benny the Bank

his sister