Episode 20: Classroom Essentials: Winter stories
For many Native American tribes, winter is a season of storytelling and traditional stories are reserved for these colder months. Winter provides a time for rest and reflection when elders can share oral narratives with younger generations. For the Ojibwe people, traditionally snow must be on the ground to begin telling sacred stories. In this episode, Allison and Odia discuss the significance of winter stories and share some of their favorite winter books.
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WINTER BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
1. “Ajjiit: Dark Dreams of the Ancient Arctic” by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
2. “Bagone Giizhig: The Hole in the Sky” and “Inhabiting the Earth/Ajijaak” by Leonard Moose and Mary Moose
3. “Burning Cold: An Inuit and Dene Comics Collection” by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
4. “Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations” by Richard Wagamese
5. “Hockey in the Northwoods” by Brita Brookes
6. “How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice” by Serapio Ittusardjuat
7. “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice
8. “Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology” edited by Shane Hawk Theodore C. Van Alst
9. “Napi” series by Jason EagleSpeaker
10. “Neneboozhoo and the Elk's Head (The Adventures of Nenaboozhoo)” by Dr. Giniwgiizhig and Niizhobines
11. “Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year” by Linda LeGarde Grover
12. “One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet” by Richard Wagamese
13. “Raven, Rabbit, Deer” by Sue Farrell Holler
14. “Taos Winter” by Elizabeth Hairston-McBurrows
15. “The Electric Indian” by Twin Cities PBS
16. “The Little People and the Water of Life” by Ronda J. Snow
17. “The Shadows that Rush Past: A Collection of Frightening Inuit Folktales” by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
18. “When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Seasons Activity Book” by Bernice Johnson-Laxdal and Miriam Körner
19. “Why Bear Has a Short Tail” by Cass Hollander
20. “Winter’s Gifts” by Kaitlin B. Curtice
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