Sapa and Martha Make An Amaut Cherokee Language The Assiniboia Residential School Legacy

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And so the children say they have kept their promise and return home

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They taught children about knowledge handed down from ancestors and to live a good life through this knowledge

Sapa and Martha Make An Amaut Cherokee Language The Assiniboia Residential School LegacySapa and Martha Make An Amaut is by Shavanna Ashevak who was born in Yellowknife Northwest Territories and lives in Kugaaruk Nunavut; Emily Jackson, and illustrated by Charlene Chua. In Sapa and Martha Make An Amaut, there is a fashion show at Sapa and Martha's school! Sapa and Martha want to make something special to display at the show. Martha suggests they make an amaut, just like the one her biological mother, Paula, wore when Martha was a baby.