kayas nohcin I Come from a Long Time Back Pictographs Senior government and church officials

Senior government and church officials were well aware of the schools’ ongoing failure to provide adequate levels of custodial care

Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies

students and community leaders involved with Native American education

the values and norms of Cree society are illustrated and recorded

kayas nohcin I Come from a Long Time Back Pictographs Senior government and church officialsMary Louise (ne Bangs) Rockthunder, wpankit, was an Elder of Cree, Saulteaux, and Nakoda descent. Born in 1913, raised and married at nehiyawipwatinahk Piapot First Nation. Mary Louise, a much loved storyteller, speaks of her memories, stories, and knowledge, revealing her personal humility and her deep love and respect for her family and her nhiyawwin language and culture in this book. The recordings that are transcribed, edited, and translated for