A Girl Called Echo Vol 1: Pemmican Wars boarding schools a revitalization of indigenous languages

a revitalization of indigenous languages and cultures

"—Tara Perron

elders of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe transmit a storehouse of experience and memories

he can literally make people come to life in wood

is an elder from the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota who currently lives in Cass Lake

A Girl Called Echo Vol 1: Pemmican Wars boarding schools a revitalization of indigenous languagesEcho Desjardins, a thirteen year old mtis girl, is struggling with feelings of loneliness while attending a new school and living with a new foster family. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary, and Echo's life will never be the same. During Mr. Bee's lecture, Echo finds herself transported to another time and placea bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairieand back again. In the following weeks, Echo slips back and forth in