Teacher's Guide for Powwow Counting in Cree

By katherena vermette

Written by early years educator and Indigenous author Katherena Vermette, this guide for teachers provides engaging activities and ideas for discussion based on each illustration in Powwow Counting in Cree.

In this resource, you will find:

• background information that addresses specific topics related to Cree culture and language
• detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans for social studies, language arts, mathematics, and other content areas in preschool, kindergarten, and up
• activities that promote cross-curricular connections through explorations of Cree language and culture, powwow traditions, the significance of eagles, and the Seven Sacred Teachings
• additional sources of information about Cree language and culture

And much more!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HighWater Press
• Release date: Jan 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781553795100

katherena vermette

KATHERENA VERMETTE is a Métis writer from Treaty One territory, the heart of the Métis nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses Company), won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Her NFB short documentary, this river, won the Coup de Coeur at the Montreal First Peoples Festival and a Canadian Screen Award. Her first novel, The Break, is the winner of three Manitoba Book Awards and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and it was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and CBC Canada Reads.

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