Awasis and the World-Famous Bannock (Cree) Michif and her family

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with emphasis on plant biodiversity as the mainstay of Indigenous or traditional medicinal knowledge

This University of Manitoba Press publication was issued in 2018 and comments on the treatment of the so-called 1990 Oka Crisis in terms of cinematic and literary creations and responses from Indigenous scholars and artists

Alina Turner

Awasis and the World-Famous Bannock (Cree) Michif and her familyAwasis and the World Famous Bannock is a charming picture book by the Swan River First Nation author Dallas Hunt. Added to the mix of this fun text are the colourful illustrations from Metis media artist and filmmaker Amanda Strong. The Cree author mixes key Cree vocabulary within this story about a young girl who is delivering her Kohkums (grandmothers) bannock to a relative. But on her way Awasis allows the bread to fall into a stream. What should