Adapted by Jaypeetee Arnakak
and models approaches for doing so within structures of ongoing reciprocal
Nana and Papa take Muinji'j aside and tell her the whole story
and how to be a good person
that there were chapters missing in his life and with this current work he hopes to heal a wound
Why We Dance : A Story of Hope and Healing Grade Eleven Adapted by Jaypeetee ArnakakDeidre Havrelock is a member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada. She was raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and is the author of the picture book Buffalo Wild!, hailed as an exuberant celebration, and Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge, coauthored with Edward Kay. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Mtis, with her family. Aly McKnight is a self taught