PreviewsJanine Gibbons
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Dancing With Our Ancestors
Sara Florence Davidson, Robert Davidson, Janine Gibbons (Illustrator)
Readers are transported to the excitement of a potlatch in Hydaburg, Alaska – Sara Flora Davidson’s last memory of dancing with her late brother. Guests come from all over to witness this bittersweet celebration of Haida culture and community.
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Jigging for Halibut With Tsinii
Sara Florence Davidson, Robert Davidson, Janine Gibbons (Illustrator)
This story of a boy fishing with his tsinii, his grandfather, off the northern tip of the Haida Gwaii, highlights intergenerational knowledge and authentic learning experiences, as they watch the weather, jig for halibut, row with the tides, and clean the fish.
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Learning to Carve Argillite
Sara Florence Davidson, Robert Davidson, Janine Gibbons (Illustrator)
With the help of his father, grandfather, and other carvers, a boy on Haida Gwaii practises to become a skillful argillite carver. As he works on a new piece, he remembers a trip to Slatechuck Mountain to gather the stone, as well as his father’s teaching about the importance of looking back on where one has come from when moving forward.
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Returning to the Yakoun River
Sara Florence Davidson, Robert Davidson, Janine Gibbons (Illustrator)
Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother learn from the land and from Tsinii (Grandfather).
