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William Dumas's The Gift of the Little People (beautifully illustrated by Rhian Brynjolson) is now available in bookstores and online. The book tells the story of a sickness that new visitors in mistiwāsahak brought into a Rocky Cree community and of hope that comes in form of a gift from the Little People.

In this presentation, Dr. Scott Hamilton, leader of the Six Seasons archeology team, and Chris McEvoy, member of the archeology team report on an ongoing experiment using consumer technology to develop virtual archaeological tours for distribution as a web resource. While specifically addressing work conducted to support heritage education programming at Lakehead University, the methods and application have direct relevance for similar heritage education programming in northern Manitoba. The two presenters from Lakehead University spoke at the Canadian Archaeological Association annual conference.

“Unraveling Fabric-Impressed Pottery Through the Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak Project: Interlinking Digital Models and Weaving Techniques as Ethnoarchaeology.” In this presentation, Six Seasons postdoc Dr. Taylor-Hollings shares the preliminary results of trying to learn more about fabric-impressed pottery and replicating the textiles that made them. This presentation was part of the first-ever virtual (but 53rd) Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) annual meeting.

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The Teacher's Guide is intended to accompany the revised edition of Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw and the PISIM app in the classroom. It presents five modules that include teaching strategies with suggested connections to Manitoba middle years curricula in Social Studies, Science, English Language Arts, Health, and the Arts as well as Rocky Cree culture and language.

In May 2020, the revised edition of Book One in the Six Seasons Series, Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw was published. Written by William Dumas and illustrated by Leonard Paul. The revised edition features new maps, updated Cree spellings, and an expanded glossary.

Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw is book one in The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Īthiniwak series about the Asiniskow Īthiniwak (Rocky Cree) of Northern Manitoba. The books explore the language, culture, knowledge, territory, and history of the 17th century Rocky Cree people through story and images. The groundbreaking series centres Indigenous ways of knowing and includes insights from a wide range of disciplines – cross-cultural education, history, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, literature, oral culture and storytelling, experiential and community-based learning, and art.

Check out the free teacher's guide here: Pisim Finds Her Miskanaw Teacher's Guide

Check out the free apps here: ‎PISIM - Picture Book App - App Store - PISIM - Apps on Google Play

Click here to keep up to date on the Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak Partnership Project.