Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii / I Am Not A Number 2005 Lakota and Scottish and a

Lakota and Scottish and a proud mom of teenage twins

A young girl lived with extended family in this village

Algonquians/Subarctic

Unfortunately Johnson uses terms such as pagan and idol throughout this story as she fails to fully comprehend the Longhouse worldview

Michael Murphy

Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii / I Am Not A Number 2005 Lakota and Scottish and aGaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii I Am Not A Number is the first children's picture book by Ojibwe educator Jenny Kay Dupuis from Nipissing First Nation in Ontario. This book has been translated into Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe), Nbisiing dialect by Muriel Sawyer and Geraldine McLeod and contributions by Tory Fisher. Dupuis retells the story of her grandmother Irene Couchie Dupuis taken to residential school at the age of eight in 1928. The book opens with the