nêhiyâwiw êkwa Scotiwiw Tonya Simpson. paskwâwiyinînâhk ohtaskânêsiw êkwa kî-nihtâwikiw mîna kî-ohpikiw tâwâyihk Alberta. kîsi-kiskinwahamâkosiw anthropology MA program, Alberta kihci-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk, êkwa mîna êkwa atoskâtam ê-wîcihtâsot ta-nanâtawi-kiskêyihtamihk, mêkwâc ê-wâh-ohpikihât ocawâsimisa mîmîw sâkahikanihk, Westerose, Alberta. nîkân otâpasinahikêwasinahikan ôma kâkikê kîkinaw, nistam kâ-cistomâwasôstât okosisa.
nêhiyaw otâpasinahikêwiw Carla Joseph, Prince George, awasâpiskohk ê-ohcît kayâhtê. 2016 kâ-akimiht, kî-atoskêw Prince George Community Arts Council, êkota ê-mêkwâ-wîkit, êkwa mîna kî-atoskawêw nanâtohk kotaka ê-oyêyihtahk tâpasinahikêwina, tâpiskôc Aboriginal Head Start Association of BC, Northern Health êkwa mîna First Nations Health Authority. cîhkêyihtam Carla tânisi otâpasinahikêwin ê-cîhkêyihtamihikoyit ayisiyiniwa. êwako sîhkiskâkow ta-âhkami-âpacihtât kâ-kî-miyikowisit êkwa mîna cîhkêyihtam ta-ma-mâwinêhosot nanâtohk acoskêwinisa ê-miyo-otinahk, mihcêt êkoni kâh-wâpahcikâtêwa nanânis otihtâwinihk. Be a Good Ancestor ôma wiya kî-tâpasinaham. Chilliwack, British Columbia mêkwâc wîkiw.
Jean Okimāsis kî-nihtâwikiw môswacîhk (White Bear First Nations) êkwa mîna kî-nitawi-kiskinwahamâkosiw ohpimê kiskinwahamâkêwikamikohk Lebret, Saskatchewan. nîstanaw askiy kî-kiskinwahamâkêw kisiskâciwaniyiniw kihci-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk (First Nations University of Canada kâ-isiyihkâtêk mêkwâc) êkwa mîna kî-wîcihtâsow ta-yahkitisahamihk iyiniw-pîkiskwêwina. kêkâc nêmitanaw askiy êkwa, omasinahikana mîna opîkiskwêmohcikêwina, nêhiyawêwin: paskwâwi-pîkiskwêwin, ay-âpacihcikâtêyiwa misiwê ôta pahkisimotâhk kâ-kanâtahk askîhk. kêyâpic atoskâtam ta-ohpinahk nêhiyawêwin mîna nêhiyawasinahikêwin; ê-nâh-nêhiyawastât êkwa ê-mâh-mînwasinahamâkêt masinahikana.
Tonya Simpson is of Scottish and Cree ancestry. She is a member of Pasqua First Nation and was born and raised in central Alberta. Tonya completed the MA program in anthropology at the University of Alberta and now works as a research assistant while raising her children at Pigeon Lake in Westerose, Alberta. Forever Our Home is her first picture book and was originally written as a lullaby for her son.
Carla Joseph is a Cree artist originally from Prince George, British Columbia. In 2016 Carla was the Artist in Residence for the Prince George Community Arts Council, and she has done design work for several organizations, including the Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia, Northern Health and the First Nations Health Authority. Carla loves the way she makes people feel with her art. It inspires her to continue with her gift, and she loves to challenge herself by taking on many different types of projects, many of which can be seen around her community. She is also the illustrator of Be a Good Ancestor. Carla lives in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Jean Okimāsis, D.Litt. h.c., was born at White Bear First Nations, Saskatchewan, and attended Lebret Residential School. As a Cree teacher and curriculum designer, Jean spent twenty years at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (now First Nations University of Canada) where she helped build the Languages program. For almost 40 years, her textbook, workbook and recordings, Cree, Language of the Plains, have been in constant use in Western Canada. She continues to champion Cree language revitalization and literacy through her work and many publications as translator and editor.
Tonya Simpson is of Scottish and Cree ancestry. She is a member of Pasqua First Nation and was born and raised in central Alberta. Tonya completed the MA program in anthropology at the University of Alberta and now works as a research assistant while raising her children at Pigeon Lake in Westerose, Alberta. Forever Our Home is her first picture book and was originally written as a lullaby for her son.
Carla Joseph is a Cree artist originally from Prince George, British Columbia. In 2016 Carla was the Artist in Residence for the Prince George Community Arts Council, and she has done design work for several organizations, including the Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia, Northern Health and the First Nations Health Authority. Carla loves the way she makes people feel with her art. It inspires her to continue with her gift, and she loves to challenge herself by taking on many different types of projects, many of which can be seen around her community. She is also the illustrator of Be a Good Ancestor. Carla lives in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
