Why We Dance : A Story of Hope and Healing Grade Eleven Nana and Papa take Muinji'j

Nana and Papa take Muinji'j aside and tell her the whole story

and ends with a call to return to the idea of citizens plus

The horrors of the Indian residential schools are by now well-known facts

This initial reluctance by her mother is countered by the loving embrace from her father

Why We Dance : A Story of Hope and Healing Grade Eleven Nana and Papa take Muinji'jDeidre Havrelock is a member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada. She was raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and is the author of the picture book Buffalo Wild!, hailed as an exuberant celebration, and Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge, coauthored with Edward Kay. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Mtis, with her family. Aly McKnight is a self taught