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K&T - Native American Heritage Month
Native American Heritage Month (Youth)
Native American Heritage Month: Kids (November 2022)
Native American Heritage Month (Youth)
Native American Heritage Month: Kids (November 2022)
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"What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mi'kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox...
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We remember tomorrow and a thousand years ago.
From eel weirs to the buffalo.
We remember petroglyphs and Instagram photos.
See, we remember our history,
Without statues, money, or pictures of the Queen.
In Mi'kmaw, three similarly shaped words have drastically different meanings: kesalul means "I love you"; kesa'lul means "I hurt you"; and ke'sa'lul means "I put you into the fire." In spoken-word artist and critically acclaimed...
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Lady Arabella Sutton is stunned to learn her brother has betrothed her to a stranger despite his promises for a season in London. Although she is the first to admit no man would suit, since she's more interested in horses than marriage, the last thing she wants is to become a brood mare to a stuffy old earl. Facing a future she cannot abide, she takes an impetuous ride to clear her head and ends up tending her injured mare instead? Oliver Westwyck,...
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Are you a fan of wine? Often find yourself scouring alcohol stores for new flavors to experiment with? Do you value wine for more than its intoxicating effect? In that case, this is the book for you. You will learn how to properly host wine tasting parties, social events dominated by the consumption of wine not for intoxication, but for the knowledge of the different processes preceding the final product and how each of those individual processes...
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From her nose to her toes,
Our little Princess grows.
But as she gets bigger,
Her mum needs to help her figure.
That bottoms should be hidden
By some pretty pants, maybe with a ribbon.
But our princess is happy,
Young, carefree and a little sassy.
We won't be too hard,
And we love her spirit for disregard.
So celebrate her carefree ways,
And let's embrace our little princess days.
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The Blacksmith's Son. Captain Quentin Drake returns home after his Naval commission ends to find a young groom being beaten in the village stables. Weary from his travels, Quentin only wants a good night's sleep, but refuses to turn a blind eye to the lad's mistreatment. He intervenes, taking the lad to his room, only to discover a woman masquerading as a boy. After Ally Lockwood's family dies, she supports herself by assisting the local blacksmith...
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A response to Rita Joe's iconic poem "I Lost My Talk," and published simultaneously with the new children's book edition illustrated by Pauline Young, comes a companion picture book by award-winning spoken-word artist and Mi'kmaw activist Rebecca Thomas. A second-generation residential school survivor, Thomas writes this response poem openly and honestly, reflecting on the process of working through the destructive effects of colonialism.
From sewing...
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From college professors to elementary school educators, auto mechanics to health insurance brokers, homemakers to those steeped in their professional careers, the response to the book The Truth Is…Confessions and Tips from an Elementary School Teacher has been the same: "It made me laugh, cry, and think." After twenty-eight years of teaching in the public schools, Rebecca (Becky) Thomas has some stories to tell and confessions to make. No matter...
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