Returning to the Yakoun River

Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather).

About the author

Sara Florence Davidson (she/her) is a Haida/Settler Assistant Professor in Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Previously, she was an educator working with adolescents in the K-12 system in British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Sara is the co-author of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning through Ceremony­, which she wrote with her father, and Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii, which she wrote with her stepmother, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson.

When she is not reading or writing, Sara can be found walking with her dog, drinking tea, or listening to stories and learning something new.

Summary

Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather).

Foreword

Experience a Haida fish camp through the delighted eyes of children as they learn from the land and from their Elders.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Davidson, Sara Florence Davidson
• Assisted by: Janine Gibbons (Illustration)
• Publisher: Portage & Main Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781774920213
• ISBN: 978-1-77492-021-3
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 238 mm x 217 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 350 g
• Illustrations: full colour illustrations throughout
• Series: Sk'ad'a Stories; Sk'ad'a Stories Series
• Subject: Children's and young people's books