Mi'kmaq. 21st Century Junior Library Indigenous Peoples of North America (HC) Kwakiutl Omakakiins and her family live

Omakakiins and her family live on an island in Lake Superior

and her Zunzi (grandmother)

and activist who was named to the “Power List” in 2022 by Maclean’s magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada

for all remember the tales of the days when dragons lived among them and danced away the storms of autumn

Mi'kmaq. 21st Century Junior Library Indigenous Peoples of North America (HC) Kwakiutl Omakakiins and her family liveWritten by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first line descendent Strockbridge Munsee. The Mi'kmaq peoples are Indigenous to the Northeastern Woodlands of North America and include tribal nations in both Canada and the United States. Their language, culture, and history still guide them today. In this introduction, readers will learn about who the Mi'kmaw are, their lives today in both Canada