The First Blade of Sweetgrass Lacrosse The new model she advocates

The new model she advocates is based on her experiences growing up in a Mi’kmaw community

First published in the French language edition in 1999 as three novels this English compilation was released in 2001

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Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

two Inuit communities are artificially divided on maps

The First Blade of Sweetgrass Lacrosse The new model she advocatesIn this Own Voices Native American picture book, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making. She must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh grasses, but slowly the spirit and peace of her surroundings speak to her, and she gathers sweetgrass as her ancestors have done for centuries, leaving the first blade she sees to grow