Phoenix Ani' Gichichi-I' / Phoenix Gets Greater

Phoenix Ani' Gichichi-I' / Phoenix Gets GreaterPhoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to danceballet, Pow Wow dancing, or just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with feeling different, but his mom and brother are proud of him. With their help, Phoenix learns about Two Spirit Niizh Manidoowag people in Anishinaabe culture and just how special he is. Based on the childhood experiences of her son,

Their menus were truly the “original local

author and artist Gord Hill has revised and expanded the book

this book contemplates four key questions at the heart of Indigenous kinship traditions: How do we learn to be human

she gained sobriety and reconnected with her birth relatives

but also with the local community and environment

his beloved since infancy

done on it

the collection is also lush with language whose music evokes the landscape

the future of Earth will very much reflect the stories that Homo sapiens decides to jettison or accept today into our collective identity

addressing modern health problems and medical processes

and wondrous

Wayne Bishop