her younger son Lester finds romance on the soon-to-be-demolished train

domestic violence

But there are steep costs to disrupting the timeline

by her words

From Nicholas Black Elk to Charles Alexander Eastman to Ella Cara Deloria

Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin Kootenai her younger son Lester findsIn this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains. Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possibleMayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What will happen if the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will