Tag: Plains People

  • Hommage Au Bison Launched June 9

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    Judith Silverthorne
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    Hommage Au Bison, the French translation of Honouring the Buffalo was launched by les Editions de la nouvelle plume on June 9 at Elsie Mironuck School in Regina. Photos by Martine Noël-Maw and les Editions:           Leader-Post  coverage is appreciated immensely! Please note: The book was originally written in English, and…

  • Here I Come Winnipeg!

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    Judith Silverthorne
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    Catch my reading in Winnipeg…. Thursday, May 28, 2015 1:30-2:30 pm Sir William Stephenson Library  765 Keewatin http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/libr…/contact/branches/sirwilliam.asp

  • Book Launch – Honouring the Buffalo: A Plains Cree Legend

    Book Launch – Honouring the Buffalo: A Plains Cree Legend

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    Judith Silverthorne
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    “Mosóm, why do we honour the buffalo skull at our ceremonies?” the grandson asked his grandfather. They stood looking at a buffalo display in a museum. “The Buffalo were once great creatures that Our People relied on for survival,” the grandfather answered. “Why the buffalo?” asked the grandson. Grandfather invited his grandson to sit on…

  • “Honouring the Buffalo: A Plains Cree Legend”

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    Judith Silverthorne
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    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.…