Stitches of Tradition (Gashkigwaaso Tradition) Kwakwaka'wakw whose rare body of knowledge

whose rare body of knowledge spans back to the 1700s

he battled demons and addiction

and all-out unhappiness

It's a rare book that can make the tried-and-true genre of the coming-of-age novel seem novel

arranged thematically

Stitches of Tradition (Gashkigwaaso Tradition) Kwakwaka'wakw whose rare body of knowledgeBy Marcie Rendon, an enrolled member of the White Earth Ojibwe Nation, author, playwright, poet, and freelance writer. Illustrated by: Mangeshig Pawis Steckley, an Ojibwe Woodland artist from Barrie, Ontario, and a member of Wasauksing First Nation. Noozhishenh, bimadiziwin, Nookomis says. My granddaughter, live a good life. An Ojibwe grandmother carefully measures and selects just the right colors of fabric, and her sewing machine hums whirr, whirr,