kā-āciwīkicik = The move

Book 2022

Rooted in the historical displacement and relocation of members of the Chemawawin First Nation from their ancestral homeland, The Move is a bilingual story of two Cree Elders adjusting to life in their new environment. The story presents two contrasting landscapes of the old community -- the homeland of the Chemawawin People -- and the new community of Easterville, which at first appears barren and lifeless. Gradually, the couple begins to incorp...

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