Mithoskāmin, or spring, translates in English to "good moving water" (mitho = good; ska = moving or walking; min = water) because this is the season in which water ways that have been frozen during the months of pipon (winter) and sikwan (break-up) open and can be used for canoe travel. The moons for this season are athīki pīsim (frog moon) and wāwī pīsim (egg laying moon). All the snow is gone and new growth is visible. During this season, the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak build and repair canoes, gather eggs, make tools and baskets, and tap birch trees once the sap stops running.
Related Updates
- Revised Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw Teacher's Guide Published
Posted September 11, 2020 in Project News - Six Seasons Series Author William Dumas brings Pīsim to life on APTN
Posted March 12, 2020 in Project in the Media - Pīsim Picture Book App Launched at UW
Posted December 5, 2019 in Project News - Winnipeg Free Press features NCN Knowledge Keeper Mona Hart and Pisim App
Posted November 4, 2019 in Project in the Media - Six Seasons at Youngsters 2 Conference
Posted May 7, 2019 in Project News - View all updates ›
Related Outputs
- Revised Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw Teacher's Guide
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.
- Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw
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
- Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw Journey Map
This map shows the journey Pīsim and her family make on their way to the Spring Gathering in Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw.
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