Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin Odawa Alice Callahan

Alice Callahan

as-told-to memoir uncovers the humanity behind Bellecourt's militant image

this book empowers children to become proudly aware of their rights

its rawness resonates in the vitality of his elegant poetry

and administrative indifference and incompetence contributed to the debacle of its implementation

Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin Odawa Alice CallahanIn this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains. Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possibleMayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What will happen if the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will