and political leaders

he played with toy bows and arrows in the tipi before learning to make and use them and became schooled in the ways of animals and in the properties of plants and herbs

In the introductory essay the author compares the imagistic poise of haiku with the early dream songs of the Anishinaabe

Almanac of the Dead is fiction on the grand scale

and through a wondrous journey that spans the European continent

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh: This Is How I Know animals and political leadersIn this lyrical story poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while