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    Quirky Holidays
    Quirky Holidays
    Quirky Holidays
    Ebook27 pages15 minutes

    Quirky Holidays

    By Cathy Smith

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    Would you celebrate Christmas with Krampus?

     

    Would you begin the new year with Nu Ya celebrations on the Rez?

     

    Plus an article about how Haudenosaunee families make a Nu Ya celebration for their kids.

     

    All these quirky holiday stories are available in this short story set.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCathy Smith
    Release dateNov 28, 2020
    ISBN9781393320838
    Quirky Holidays
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    Cathy Smith

    Cathy Smith is a Mohawk writer who lives on a Status Reservation on the Canadian Side of the Border on Turtle Island (North America). She is proud of her people’s heritage and also has an interest in the myths and legends of other peoples and cultures, and modern fantasy and science fiction, which is often derived from past myths and often acts as myths for modern times.

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      Quirky Holidays - Cathy Smith

      Quirky Holidays

      Cathy Smith

      Published by Cathy Smith, 2020.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      QUIRKY HOLIDAYS

      First edition. November 28, 2020.

      Copyright © 2020 Cathy Smith.

      ISBN: 978-1393320838

      Written by Cathy Smith.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Working for Misgivings

      Paula's Nu Yah

      Nu Yah

      Sign up for Cathy Smith's Mailing List

      Further Reading: Liquid Courage-Indigenous Scifi Short Story

      Also By Cathy Smith

      About the Author

      Working for Misgivings

      SANTEE GOUDEY WAITED for her name to be called out by the administrative assistant, Drusilla Coulter. That’s got to be the sourest puss I’ve ever seen in my life. Even her very name tag makes me shudder! Misgivings had been in business for centuries and the woman looked like a throwback to a harsher age.

      She looks like she should be a schoolmarm who keeps her charges in line with whacks from a straight and rigid ruler. Seeing the woman made Santee uneasy. She couldn’t help wondering if there was a place for her at Misgivings if this woman was

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