You Come from the Stars Wabanaki Francis is a Mi’kmaq filmmaker

Francis is a Mi’kmaq filmmaker from the Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick

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’s personal narrative detailing the years (1925–28) he spent as a free trader at posts in Pine Bluff and Oxford Lake in Manitoba during the waning days of the fur trade

from an intertribal background of Mandan and Hidatsa from the prairies of North Dakota and Tsimshian from a rainforest in Alaska

Poppa is nervous but goes anyway

You Come from the Stars Wabanaki Francis is a Mi’kmaq filmmakerWritten by Inuit author, throat singer, and filmmaker Tanya Snow living in Yellowknife, You Come From the Stars showcases a mother's tenderness for her child against the backdrop of the stunning Arctic tundra. Illustrated by Yong Ling Kang. A mother. A story. A curious child.How did I get in your belly? a child asks his mother. Well, its a magical story she tells him. In this lyrical love letter from mother to son, a woman reflects on her journey to