We belong to the drum

key selling points

• a culturally-specific take on the universal challenge of the separation anxiety that comes with starting daycare or school.
• showcases the power of cultural connection for the well-being of indigenous children.
• author sandra lamouche is a multidisciplinary creator and storyteller, champion hoop dancer and award-winning indigenous educational leader. she was inspired by educator shelley moore, who said, “inclusion is about responding to student need, not forcing students to respond to us.”
• includes a glossary of plains cree kinship terms.
• a plains cree/english dual-language edition is also available, we belong to the drum / mistikwaskihk kitipêyimikonaw.