Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know

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Book Review| December 01 2022 Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know. By Brittan Luby. Illustrated by Joshya Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. 2021. Groundwood. (ISBN 9781773063263). Hardcover. $18.95. Ebook also available. Kirstin Milks, Kirstin Milks Department Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Frank Brown Cloud Frank Brown Cloud Department Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2022) 84 (9): 590. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2022.84.9.590b Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Kirstin Milks, Frank Brown Cloud; Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know. The American Biology Teacher 1 December 2022; 84 (9): 590. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2022.84.9.590b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search This peaceful, luminous book honors Indigenous knowledge in a bilingual story-poem and features vibrant illustrations that bring the seasons to life. Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know is written in both English and Anishinaabemowin, a language spoken by the Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes area in the United States and Canada. It provided a rich opportunity for our family to celebrate the diversity of Indigenous languages spoken across North America / Turtle Island, as well as an accessible starting point for gently unpacking the historical contexts that led to our children’s ancestors losing access to their own Indigenous languages and cultures. Our kids selected this book for bedtime several times while we had it on loan from our local library, asking us to linger on the kid-friendly illustrations of a child and her grandmother as they explore (and delight in) the familiar changes of each season.... You do not currently have access to this content.