Telling Our Stories Grade Eleven Saami Council

Saami Council

You Hold Me Up in English has been selected in the Children’s Category Longlist for First Nation Communities READ 2019

She highlights the political role of women in land negotiations and dispels their misrepresentation in the scholarly canon

Lee Maracle

Sam McKegney

Telling Our Stories Grade Eleven Saami CouncilOmushkego Cree storyteller recounts his vast knowledge of oral history, legends, and family history. Stories include creation, predictions, oral traditions, stories about Chakapesh, coming of Europeans, the Shaking Tent, dream quest, introduction of Christianity, and advancements in technology. A wealth of information about the Swampy Cree of the Hudson Bay Lowlands.