You Hold Me Up: Gimanaadenim

You Hold Me Up: GimanaadenimDual language (English and Anishinaabemowin) edition. Translated by Angela Mesic and Margaret Noodin. This vibrant picture book, beautifully illustrated by celebrated artist Danielle Daniel, encourages children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other's well being in their everyday actions. Consultant, international speaker and award winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote You Hold Me Up to prompt a dialogue among young

and events that have mattered in Indigenous history from a vastly under-represented perspective—an Indigenous viewpoint

It is also the personal journey of N

Accompanies the "Ojibwe Giizhig Anung Masinaaigan" - Ojibwe Sky Star Map created by Annette Lee

and resources for further investigation

and reader response questions

only to assert its sovereignty again and again

But the missionary school is not the adventure that Zitkála-Sá expected: The school is a strict one

able to reach both youth and adult audiences alike

In this bilingual book

The Range Eternal

but no one keeps the old ways

Meet Makoons and her friend Nigigoons