The Secret Pocket (HC) Smudging This book has won many

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

Chief Lightning Bolt is portrayed as an outstanding warrior and at the same time a man whose modesty and humble nature exemplified the prized values of the Mi'kmaq - caring

which honours the best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians

This work Includes a list of illustrations

Siha Tooskin Knows the Nature of Life is part of the Siha Tooskin Knows early chapter book series by Charlene Bearhead

The Secret Pocket (HC) Smudging This book has won manyWritten by Peggy Janicki, Coast Salish Dakelh, and illustrated by Carrielynn Victor, a descendant of Coast Salish ancestors, this is the true story of how Indigenous girls at a Canadian residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive. Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort