From a Square to a Circle : Haida Basketry—Delores Churchill’s Memories of Learning to Weave Lenape Northwest Territories and the Yukon

Northwest Territories and the Yukon

Nevertheless this title is an important contribution to resources about Inuit storytelling

2022 American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book

will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries

On the long trip to Mooshom’s and Kookom’s

From a Square to a Circle : Haida Basketry—Delores Churchill’s Memories of Learning to Weave Lenape Northwest Territories and the YukonIlskyalas, Delores Churchill, was born October 23, 1929, in Gutaawaas (Old Massett), Haida Gwaii, to Ilstayaa, Selina Harris Adams Peratrovich of the Gawaa Gitans Gitanee Eagle Clan, and Skil Gyans, Alfred Adams, of the Kyanuusalii Raven Clan. Like her mother, she did not attend residential school. She grew up speaking the beautiful language of Xaad Kil (Haida), and following the Haida annual harvesting cycle. Her early experiences provided her