Naaahsa Aisinaki! / Naaahsa is an Artist! (English and Blackfoot) (HC) Kiowa The picture book tells about

The picture book tells about her life before residential school

The Anishinaabe word for this is nigika

Edited By Cornel Pewewardy

There were many setbacks

Naaahsa Aisinaki! / Naaahsa is an Artist! (English and Blackfoot) (HC) Kiowa The picture book tells aboutWritten and illustrated by Hali Heavy Shield, a multidisciplinary artist and a member of the Blood Tribe of Southern Alberta. Translated by Norma Jean Russell, a native speaker of Blackfoot, and Faye Heavy Shield. A powerful story of a young girl who celebrates her grandmothers art and the connection between them, in dual language Blackfoot and English! Naaahsa says art is a language everyone understands. Sometimes we make art together. We draw, we