Askiwina: A Cree World: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roberta Mitchell Coulter
Description
For use with Askiwina by Doug Cuthand in secondary level classrooms.
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.
Relates the determined effort of International Children’s Peace Prize nominee, Shannen Koostachin, who lobbied successfully for a new school for her remote Cree community.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals, stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.