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The new Teacher's Guide to accompany the revised edition of Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw has been released. The guide has five modules:

Module 1: Maci pimahamīyin kī miskanaw (Starting Your Path): Introducing the Book
Module 2: Otīnawāsōwin: Gift of Bringing Life into the World
Module 3: Miskanaw or Life Journey
Module 4: Wawanaskiwin: Orienteering Oneself With the Land Oneself
Module 5: Acimowina: The Power of Storytelling

In May 2020, the revised edition of Book One in the Six Seasons Series, Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw was published. The revised edition features new maps, updated Cree spellings, and an expanded glossary. The revised edition is available for purchase in hard-copy or e-book format on the Portage and Main Press website.

This map shows the journey Pīsim and her family make on their way to the Spring Gathering in Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw.

Reimer, Mavis. “Relational Accountability, or, The Limits of Objectivity.” Jeunesse, vol. 6, no. 2, 2014, pp. 1-14.

Cariou, Warren. “Sweetgrass Stories: Listening for Animate Land.” Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry, vol. 5, no. 3, 2018, pp. 338–352.1

Dr. Warren Cariou presenting "The Now Place: Indigenous Storytelling in the Contemporary World."

Moving Picture Books into the Future: Active Learning and Picture Book Apps, a Skywalk Lecture by Dr. Mavis Reimer, Project Director of the Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak Project, Millennium Library, February 21, 2018. Dr. Reimer discusses the successes and challenges of adapting Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow into a picture book app as part of the Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project.