Gaawin gindaaswin ndaawsii = I am not a number / gaa-zhibiigewaad/written by Jenny Kay Dupuis, minwa/and Kathy Kacer ; gaa-mzinbiiged/illustrated by Gillian Newland ; gaa-aankanoobiigewaad/translated by Muriel Sawyer, minwa/and Geraldine McLeod ; gaa-waadookaaged/with contribution by Tory Fisher.
"A translation of I Am Not a Number to Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) - Nishnaabemwin, Nbisiing dialect. The book includes both English and Anishinaabemowin."-- provided by publisher.
Summary:
"When Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite being told to do otherwise. When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide never to send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law?"-- cover page 4.
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