I Am Not a Costume poetry or mino-pimatisiwin in Cree

or mino-pimatisiwin in Cree

U of Lapland and U of Toronto

Native Foodways is the first scholarly collection of essays devoted exclusively to the interplay of Indigenous religious traditions and foodways in North America

Based on her research and work with Native women in prisons

such as physics

I Am Not a Costume poetry or mino-pimatisiwin in CreeI am not a costume. Ayasha's school is having a costume party and she is so excited! But when Ayasha arrives at school and sees other students wearing fake regalia, she is confused and upset. She doesn't understand why they think her culture is a costume. Ayasha turns to her family and together they come up with a way to teach her classmates about her culture and how to honor her people respectfully.