Description
In Once Upon a Christmas in Île-à-la-Crosse, Rita Bouvier reminisces about her childhood in this Historic Métis Community. Through vivid and heartfelt prose, we learn how this deeply spiritual, family-oriented community came together to prepare throughout the year before Christmas. From planting gardens and harvesting in the fall, to ordering dresses through catalogues, to dressing up for Midnight Mass, readers journey to a time and place when community connections and relationships mattered. Kate Boyer’s colourful oil pastel art captures the magic of the community’s togetherness. Those were the days! Vince Ahenakew provides a translation in Northern Michif, the language spoken in the Île-à-la-Crosse area.
ISBN: 978-1-988011-40-0
