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Nipugtug / story by Emma Metallic ; illustrations by Natalie Laurin.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English, Micmac Original language: English Publisher: Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario : Kegedonce Press, 2023Description: 48 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781928120414
  • 1928120415
Related works:
  • Container of (work): Metallic, Emma. Nipugtug
  • Container of (expression): Metallic, Emma. Nipugtug. Mi'kmaq
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • jC813/.6 23/eng/20230925
Summary: Set the community of Listuguj, Gespe'gewa'gi, Nipugtug follows the journey of A'le's (Mi'gmaw for Alice), a young Mi'gmaw woman, snowshoeing through the forest. There, she meets animals, Wapus (Rabbit), Wowgwis (Fox), Tia'm (Moose), Ga'qaquj (Crow) and trees, Masgwi (Birch), Qasgusi (Cedar) who guide her through both challenging and nourishing emotions of learning her Mi'gmaw language. Grounded in her relationship with the territory, A'le's navigates memories of her language that cling to realities within and beyond her life.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
J 400 - 499 Hanover Public Library Shelves J490 META (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001257626

A title in the Indigenous Collection at VPL.

Mi'gmaw text translated from the English by Joe Wilmott.

Set the community of Listuguj, Gespe'gewa'gi, Nipugtug follows the journey of A'le's (Mi'gmaw for Alice), a young Mi'gmaw woman, snowshoeing through the forest. There, she meets animals, Wapus (Rabbit), Wowgwis (Fox), Tia'm (Moose), Ga'qaquj (Crow) and trees, Masgwi (Birch), Qasgusi (Cedar) who guide her through both challenging and nourishing emotions of learning her Mi'gmaw language. Grounded in her relationship with the territory, A'le's navigates memories of her language that cling to realities within and beyond her life.

Parallel text in English and Mi'gmaw.

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