Mi'kmaw moons : the seasons in Mi'kma'ki / by Cathy LeBlanc and David Chapman ; illustrated by Loretta Gould.

Title
Mi'kmaw moons : the seasons in Mi'kma'ki / by Cathy LeBlanc and David Chapman ; illustrated by Loretta Gould.

Alternate Title
Seasons in Mi'kma'ki

By
LeBlanc, Cathy (Cathy Jean)

Publication Date
2022

Publication Information
Halifax, N.S. : Formac Publishing Company Limited,

Physical Description
56 p. : ill. (col.)

Subject Term
Indigenous peoples -- Juvenile literature.
 
Seasons -- Juvenile literature.
 
Micmac Indians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term
Moon -- Phases -- Juvenile literature.

Additional Contributors
Chapman, David M. F., 1953-
 
Gould, Loretta,

Summary
For thousands of years, the Mi’kmaq have been closely observing the natural world and the cycles of the moon and the stars to track the passage of time. Each full moon in an annual cycle was named by the Mi’kmaq to relate to a seasonal event, such as tomcod spawning, birds laying eggs or berry ripening. For the past decade Mi’kmaw Elders and Knowledge Keepers have shared stories of the traditional night sky calendar with authors Cathy LeBlanc and David Chapman. In this book Cathy relays this knowledge in stories told to her young relation Holly. Each moon’s story is richly illustrated with an evocative colour painting created for this book by the noted Mi’kmaw artist Loretta Gould. Alongside this presentation of the Mi’kmaw time-keeping traditions, this book offers a brief history of the modern Western calendar, and some basic astronomy facts about the moon’s phases and why the seasons change. This two-eyed seeing approach takes young readers on a journey through one full year in Mi’kma’ki.

Language
English

ISBN
9781459507036


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Corner Brook (WCB)Juv NFic IndigenousJuvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous523.3 LEBChecked In
Grand Falls-Windsor (CGF) HarmsworthJuv NFic IndigenousJuvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous523.3 LEBChecked In
Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) MelvilleJuv NFic IndigenousJuvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous523.3 LEBChecked In
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Juv NFic IndigenousJuvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous523.3 LEBChecked out
Stephenville (WST) (Kindale)Juv NFic IndigenousJuvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous523.3 LEBChecked out