Mi'kmaw moons : the seasons in Mi'kma'ki

Titre
Mi'kmaw moons : the seasons in Mi'kma'ki

Cathy LeBlanc

Sommaire
For thousands of years, the Mi'kmaq have been closely observing the natural world and the cycles of the moon and the stars to track the passage of time. Each full moon in an annual cycle was named by the Mi'kmaq to relate to a seasonal event, such as tomcod spawning, birds laying eggs or berry ripening. For the past decade Mi'kmaw Elders and Knowledge Keepers have shared stories of the traditional night sky calendar with authors Cathy LeBlanc and David Chapman. In this book Cathy relays these stories in her role as Auntie to her young relation Holly. Each moon's story is richly illustrated with an evocative colour painting created for this book by the noted Mi'kmaw artist Loretta Gould.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2022

Description matérielle
56 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

Terme de vedette-matière
Lunar calendars -- Canada, Eastern.
 
Seasons -- Canada, Eastern.
 
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Canada, Eastern.
 
Mi'kmaq -- Social life and customs.

Terme géographique
Moon -- Phases.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Chapman, G. P. (Geoffrey Peter)
 
Gould, Loretta,

Résumé
For thousands of years, the Mi'kmaq have been closely observing the natural world and the cycles of the moon and the stars to track the passage of time. Each full moon in an annual cycle was named by the Mi'kmaq to relate to a seasonal event, such as tomcod spawning, birds laying eggs or berry ripening. For the past decade Mi'kmaw Elders and Knowledge Keepers have shared stories of the traditional night sky calendar with authors Cathy LeBlanc and David Chapman. In this book Cathy relays these stories in her role as Auntie to her young relation Holly. Each moon's story is richly illustrated with an evocative colour painting created for this book by the noted Mi'kmaw artist Loretta Gould.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781459507036

Informations de publication
Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, [2022]


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Kameyosek523.3 LEB (FNMI)Book30239000179018Non-Fiction