Blue Bearies (HC) (Pre-Order for Aug 11/26) Naskapi Missy’s mom was arrested just

Missy’s mom was arrested just before she could blow out the candles on her fifteenth birthday

Andrea Riley Mukavetz was invited into Geri’s home to listen to her stories and assist in compiling and publishing a memoir

but Mama’s skin is the colour of sand

She cared for community members in need and saved many children from the horrors of residential school

Through Idle No More

Blue Bearies (HC) (Pre-Order for Aug 11/26) Naskapi Missy’s mom was arrested justBrenda J. Child, Bne (Red Lake Ojibwe), is Northrop Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She is the author of award winning books of American Indian history, including Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 19001940, which won the North American Indian Prose Award; Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community; and My Grandfathers Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on