Dancing on Wild Rice

Dancing on Wild RiceDancing on Wild Rice is a heartfelt story that follows the journey of Savana, a young girl who learns the profound significance of her Ojibwe heritage through the tradition of wild rice harvesting. At the beginning, Savana is a city girl attending a Native charter school where she learns about mahnoomin (wild rice) and its cultural and spiritual importance. Her life takes a meaningful turn when her mother takes her to visit her grandparents on the

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) It is that rare thing—an informational and entertaining read

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Thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker

' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonization of research methods will help to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being

able to reach both youth and adult audiences alike

who revived the Wampanoag language

The second edition incorporates new literature along with substantial updates

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Shawano’s mysterious Antelope Woman has utterly mesmerized him—and soon proves to be a bewitching agent of chaos whose effect on others is disturbing and irresistible

' a fluent speaker of Blackfoot from the Kainai (Blood) reserve in southern Alberta