The Day the Earth Rose Up Tsimshian from Six Nations of the

from Six Nations of the Grand River

Elsie Knott

settler scholar of Indigenous literatures

and land claims court cases

and they are surprised and chased by Mato Sica

The Day the Earth Rose Up Tsimshian from Six Nations of theAlfreda Beartrack Algeo, a storyteller and poet, artist and illustrator, is a member of the Lower Brule Lakota Nation, Kul Wicasa Oyate, in Lower Brule, South Dakota, where she grew up. The Day the Earth Rose Up is the story of when seven Lakota sisters venture deep into the forest to gather chokecherries, and they are surprised and chased by Mato Sica, a giant bear known to eat people. The sisters run and climb up a short rock ledge and pray for