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featuring:
The land is our storybook
The first two books in this series by and about the people of the NWT
were published in April 2008 to critical acclaim. Told in a uniquely
diverse range of northern voices, with a child-centred approach, the 10
books in The Land Is Our Storybook series highlight the languages
and cultures of the NWT.
 Come and Learn With Me: Éwo, séh Kedįdįh
Sheyenne Jumbo and Mindy Willett
Therese Zoe is a Tlicho woman from Gamèti in the Northwest
Territories. She is a community health representative, a mother and grandmother, as well as a champion of ancestral
skills and stories. In Living Stories, Therese shares her love for her community and translates the sacred stories
and traditional wisdom of her brother-in-law, Philip Zoe, and his sister, Elizabeth Chocolate. As Therese writes,
“You might look at our lands and think they are empty, but we do not go hungry. The land gives us our food and our
shelter. It holds our stories and our histories. It gives us everything we need.”
more...
 Living Stories: Godi Weghàà Ets' eèda
Mindy Willett,
Therese Zoe and
Philip Zoe,
Therese Zoe is a Tlicho woman from Gamèti in the Northwest
Territories. She is a community health representative, a mother and grandmother, as well as a champion of ancestral
skills and stories. In Living Stories, Therese shares her love for her community and translates the sacred stories
and traditional wisdom of her brother-in-law, Philip Zoe, and his sister, Elizabeth Chocolate. As Therese writes,
“You might look at our lands and think they are empty, but we do not go hungry. The land gives us our food and our
shelter. It holds our stories and our histories. It gives us everything we need.”
more...
 The
Delta is My Home
Tom McLeod and
Mindy Willett
Tom McLeod is an
11-year-old boy from Aklavik who is a gifted storyteller heard
frequently on CBC Radio North. He is of mixed cultural heritage—Gwich’in
and
Inuvialuit.
Tom says, “Northerners have always hunted ducks, muskrats, and other
animals for survival. We are careful about how we use the land. To be
good hunters we need to pay attention to what is happening on the land
around us—that’s why it’s important for us to be out there. We are the
first to know if the land and animals are changing.”
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 We
Feel Good Out Here
Mindy Willett and
Julie-Ann André,
Julie-Ann André
is a Gwichya Gwich’in
from Tsiigehtchic in the Northwest
Territories. She is a Canadian Ranger, a mother of twin daughters, a
hunter, a trapper, and a student. In We Feel Good Out Here,
Julie-Ann shares her family’s story and the Story of her land – Khaii
luk, the place of winter fish. As Julie-Ann says, “The land has a story
to tell, if you know how to listen. When I travel, the land tells me
where my ancestors have been. It tells me where the animals have come
and gone, and it tells me what the weather may be like tomorrow.” We
Feel Good Out Here
introduces readers to Julie-Ann’s world: her family, the land, and the
stories that shape them.
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