Cathie Jamieson, an Anishinaabe artist from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, illustrated the children’s book<\/p>\n
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Cathie Jamieson,<\/a> an Anishinaabe artist who now lives on Manitoulin Island in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, has illustrated a new children\u2019s book that tackles Canada\u2019s difficult history with Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n Advertisement 2<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Written by Karen Krossing<\/a>, My Street Remembers peels back the history of one city street in North America to reveal the greater story of the land on which we live. The book will be released on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n \u201cThe story begins 14,000 years ago, when mammoths roamed the icefields, and the First Peoples followed their trail,\u201d said a release promoting the book. \u201cHistorically accurate illustrations show the lives of their descendants over thousands of years as they hunted and gathered food, built homes and celebrated together, until the 1600s, when Europeans arrived with settlers in their wake.<\/p>\n \u201cIn lyrical text, the street remembers agreements to live in peace, the efforts of the British to take the land with unfair treaties, and the conflict and suffering that followed. The street recalls its naming, paving and the waves of immigrants who called it home.<\/p>\n Advertisement 3<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n \u201cIllustrations of recent times depict Canada\u2019s apology to Indigenous Peoples and efforts toward Truth and Reconciliation, including a march with a banner that reads: Every Child Matters.<\/p>\n \u201cThis rich collaboration between author Karen Krossing, of White settler descent, and Anishinaabe artist Cathie Jamieson ends with a question that readers anywhere can ask \u2013 what does your street remember?\u201d<\/p>\n Krossing is an author of settler heritage who has written 13 books for kids and teens, including the picture books One Tiny Bubble and Sour Cakes, and the novels Monster vs. Boy and Punch Like a Girl.<\/p>\n She has twice won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award and has been a finalist for the Ontario Library Association White Pine Award, among other honors.<\/p>\n Advertisement 4<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she\u2019s on faculty at Whale Rock Literary Workshops. Karen lives in Toronto.<\/p>\n Jamieson is an Anishinaabe artist from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation with Haudenosaunee family ties to Six Nations. Her multidisciplinary art is based on storytelling from her Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee identity.<\/p>\n Themes in her work include history, the Dream Realm, traditional dancing, Clan Systems, natural elements, landscapes, figures, sounds and abstract forms. She now lives on Manitoulin Island in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, where she practises land-based living.<\/p>\n For more information, and to order a copy of the book, go to karenkrossing.com\/my-street-remembers<\/a>.<\/p>\n