Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message (Reading Rainbow Book)

Chief Jake Swamp

ISBN 10: 1880000547 / ISBN 13: 9781880000540

Edité par Lee & Low Books, 1997

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Synopsis :

Illustrated by Erwin Printup A Native American Good Morning Message For as long as anyone can remember, Mohawk parents have taught their children to start each day by giving thanks to Mother Earth. The Good Morning address, also known as the Thanksgiving address, is based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift, and as such the whole universe should be addressed as one great family.

À propos des auteurs:

Chief Jake Swamp (Tekaronianeken) was a founder of the Tree of Peace Society, an international organization promoting peace and conservation. Chief Swamp delivered the Thanksgiving Address throughout the world, as well as at the United Nations. He was born on the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation in upstate New York, and lived in Hogansburg, NY where he worked as a cultural adviser for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Child and Family Services. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message was his first picture book. He passed away in October 2010.

Erwin Printup is a Cayuga/Tuscarora painter who received a degree in fine arts from the Institute of American Indian Art, in Santa Fe, NM. Born in Niagara Falls, he now lives in Lewiston, NY. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message is his first picture book.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Giving Thanks: A Native American Good ...
Éditeur : Lee & Low Books
Date d'édition : 1997
Reliure : Paperback
Illustrateur : Erwin Printup Jr.
Etat : Very Good