Midnight Sweatlodge 2008 an influential Mi’kmaq legend puts

an influential Mi’kmaq legend puts a new

35 years later at Christmastime

This book has won many awards: An American Indian Youth Literature Honor Title

High school student Melissa Sanderson

The Great Peace

Midnight Sweatlodge 2008 an influential Mi’kmaq legend putsMidnight Sweatlodge is a collection of 4 short stories all interwoven into a common thread by journalist and author Waubgeshig Rice, a member of Wausasking First Nation. The short, 96 page collection explores the intense emotions and feeling as a group of First Nation people undertake spiritual and physical healing during a sweatlodge ceremony. Each person seeks traditional wisdom and insight to overcome pain and hardship, and the characters give us