Grandmother Ptarmigan (BD) Mothers SANDRA LARONDE is from the

SANDRA LARONDE is from the Teme-Augama Anishinaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami

from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century

and her own urban Native heritage and experiences to shed light on the Canadian government’s efforts to define Native identity through the years

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The title for this volume is taken from her story about the night she was accidentally shot at by her father

Grandmother Ptarmigan (BD) Mothers SANDRA LARONDE is from theWritten by Qaunaq Mikkigak, an Elder, artist, and throat singer from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, and Joanne Schwartz. Illustrated by Qin Leng. It's bedtime for baby ptarmigan, but he will not go to sleep. So his grandmother decides to tell him a bedtime story that he will never forget. This book is a simple, nursery rhyme inspired rendition of a traditional Inuit origin tale.