Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh: This Is How I Know crime studies Beginning in a hotel room

Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city

Nichols explores the unique circumstances of each event

the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century

and linkages—and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home

An Aboriginal Carol is certain to become a classic

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh: This Is How I Know crime studies Beginning in a hotel roomIn this lyrical story poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while