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Kuekuatsheu Creates the World / Kuekuatsheu ka Tutak Assinu: (Sheshatshiu dialect)
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The story of how the world came to be on the turtle's back can be found in Indigenous cultures throughout North America/Turtle Island. It has many variations. This moving version of the tale—a story of resilience, sacrifice, and friendship—is one that Annie Picard was often told as a child by her maternal grandmother while they lived in nutshimit (on the land) in the Labrador/Quebec peninsula. Picard's lovely re-telling of this traditional Innu story of how little muskrat makes an enormous sacrifice to help the wolverine and his other friends rebuild the world after a great flood is brought vividly to life by Elizabeth Jancewicz's stunning illustrations.
Educator Information
Recommended for ages 4 to 8.
Bilingual: English and Innu-aimun.
Translation into Innu-aimun by Anne Nuna.
Additional Information
36 Pages | 9" x 8" | Hardcover | 2nd Edition
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