From award-winning and bestselling Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga comes a riveting exploration of the dark history of residential schools

In the time before animals were as they are today

She strongly advocated for the restoration of tribal lands

Indigenous women have always worked tirelessly to protect our water--keeping it pure and clean for the generations to come

Kohkom’s First Drum / nôhkom nistam omistikwaskihkoma california From award-winning and bestselling AnishinaabeThis bilingual book includes full text in both English and Plains Cree. When Charlie's Kohkom asks him what the best part of his school day was, he knows right away: Indigenous drum circle! Kohkom tells him that not very long ago she was gifted her very first drum at a ceremony for children who never returned home from residential schools. But Charlie doesn't understand. How could she only have gotten her first drum so recently? Kohkom explains that