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and consequences of events that proved pivotal in Native American history

This 32-page picture book is a charming poem to a First Nation daughter welcomed by loving parents as a gift from the Creator

The Spirit Lives in the Mind YA-Fiction just as it will forThe Spirit Lives in the Mind: Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams is a collection of traditional stories and oral traditions compiled for over forty years by Omushkego Cree (Swampy Cree) musician, storyteller and scholar, Louis Bird. The stories and traditions he has collected are from the traditional Cree communities along the west coast of Hudson and James Bay. They are organized for the reader's understanding of Cree spiritual worldview. Chapter 1