Finding Otipemisiwak : The People Who Own Themselves Powwow ATOS Level: 6

ATOS Level: 6

Justin Piché

and Wilma Kennedy who is a Language Keeper from Carry The Kettle Nakoda First Nation

a fluent speaker and teacher of the Nsyilxcn Okanagan language and a traditional knowledge keeper of the Okanagan Nation

Finding Otipemisiwak : The People Who Own Themselves Powwow ATOS Level: 6Andrea Currie is a Mtis author. A Sixties Scoop survivor's journey back to her Nation and the truth of who she is. Otipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Metis, meaning "the people who own themselves."Andrea Currie was born into a Metis family with a strong lineage of warriors, land protectors, writers, artists, and musicians all of which was lost to her when she was adopted as an infant into a white family with no connection to her people.