We Belong to the Drum / Mistikwaskihk Kitipêyimikonaw

In this dual-language illustrated picture book, a child who's away from his family for the first time at daycare finds belonging through the music of the powwow drum. In English and Plains Cree.

About the author

Sandra Lamouche is a Nehiyaw Iskwew (Cree woman) from the Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta. She is a wife, mother of two boys with braids, champion women's hoop dancer, award-winning educator and two-time TEDx speaker. She has a bachelor of arts in Native American studies and is currently completing a thesis on Indigenous dance as a determinant of well-being. Sandra and her family live in Blackfoot Territory (Treaty 7), the heart of powwow country in southern Alberta.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Lamouche
• Assisted by: Azby Whitecalf (Illustration), Dolores Greyeyes Sand (Translation)
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Languages: Cree, English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 5
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2023
• EAN: 9781459834385
• ISBN: 978-1-4598-3438-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 269 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Subject: Children's and young people's books