Nijiikendam / My Heart Fills With Happiness, Anishinaabemowin & English French Metis professor Jo-Ann Episkenew offers

Metis professor Jo-Ann Episkenew offers a highly readable analysis of the role of colonial governments in Canada and the policies that overtook the lives of First Nations

and nation-building

More trouble comes when a messenger brings disturbing news about the American government's plans to remove the Ojibwe farther to the west

Her mother was Cayuga

Contemporary politics and agreements between the Federation of Newfoundland Indians and the Canadian government to create a landless First Nation band in 2008 is also discussed in this book

Nijiikendam / My Heart Fills With Happiness, Anishinaabemowin & English French Metis professor Jo-Ann Episkenew offersNijiikendam My Heart Fills With Happiness, is a dual language picture book in English and Anishinaabemowin. It is written by award winning author Monique Gray Smith, of Cree, Lakota, and Scottish origin; illustrated by Julie Flett (Mtis); and translated by Angela Mesic, Anishinaabemowin Ojibwe, and Margaret Noodin of Anishinaabe descent. This early childhood title brings joy and happiness to all families who read and celebrate this book for toddlers