Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation
On her way back home the girl carefully places the broken pieces of her family heirloom in a safe place on the mountain side
Kimberly Blaeser (Chippewa)
whose leadership helped establish Woodland Cultural Centre's Indigenous Art exhibitions
Ryan explores humour in First Nations art especially the work of Six Nations artist
Gaa-Pi-Izhiwebak (What Happened) Nunavut Jo Jo Makoons Azure isGaa pi izhiwebak, which means "What Happened," is an Ojibwe language collection of nonfiction reminiscences, cultural teachings, and histories told by elders from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. It is part of a series of monolingual books produced with Aanjibimaadizing, a program of the Mille Lacs Band that means "Changing Lives." Through the Aanjibimaadizing Project, fourteen first speakers have teamed with linguists, teachers, and Ojibwe language