The Promise to the Nokomis: The Transfer of the Anishinaabe Kwe Dance to the Next Generation Lakota Though her father reassures her

Though her father reassures her that Mi’kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes

the shaman

and the vital grassroots activism that pressed the federal government to acknowledge its treaty obligations

At the story`s close the girl leaves a tobacco tie at the wood`s edge as a message of gratitude

Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America with her friends and now invisible pet dog

The Promise to the Nokomis: The Transfer of the Anishinaabe Kwe Dance to the Next Generation Lakota Though her father reassures herThe Promise to the Nokomis: The Transfer of the Anishinaabe Kwe Dance to the Next Generation written by Karen Pheasant, well known Jingle Dress Dancer and choreographer. This 20 page illustrated book explains the history of the transfer of the Jingle Dress story to First Nations dancers and singers of the powwow tradition. The author is careful to explain this is her understanding of the events that occurred in the 1980s and the part she played in