Released February 2015
48 pages, 11″ x 8.5″ $14.95 (softcover) 978-1-927756-33-1
An estimated thirty to fifty million bison once thundered across the Great Plains and much of North America.
Honouring the Buffalo is the story of how the Buffalo gifted themselves so freely through the Creator to the Plains Cree people to help them survive. Discover how every part of the buffalo was used to provide shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting, spiritual ceremonies and many other necessities.
The oral legend is shared by Storyteller and Wisdom Keeper Raymond Lavallee of the Piapot First Nation.
Artwork is created by Mike Keepness.
The narrative is written by Judith Silverthorne.
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For more information please go to the web page: Honouring the Buffalo: A Plains Cree Legend
There are also translations in French/Cree and German/Cree.
Educational Resources List, including Study Guides (English and French)
Excerpts in both English and Cree
How Honouring the Buffalo came to be written – YouTube Link
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