kekwan etakwak mîkisîhk / What’s in a Bead? Teen Carmen Robertson

Carmen Robertson

in The Gatherings

and writer

Benny has profited off Fort Smith’s pain for decades

Sébastien Grammond

kekwan etakwak mîkisîhk / What’s in a Bead? Teen Carmen RobertsonDual language edition in English and Ininmowin, Cree, N dialect. Written by Kelsey Borgford who is Nbisiing Nishnaabe, from the Marten clan and Couchie family. She resides in her traditional territory of Nipissing First Nation. Kelsey is constantly seeking to become educated, and educate, about the culture. In all she does, her own Nokomis baa is central to her story. Illustrated by Tessa Pizzale who grew up in North Bay, Ontario. Her Cree relatives