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kiskisomitok ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ

ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another is a finalist for the 2026 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose and the winner of the 2026 Wilfrid Eggleston Award!

In ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another, nêhîyaw educator ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn uses the spirit marker writing system as a foundation for teaching ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ nêhîyawewin. Sometimes called the star chart, this system holds forty-four large spirit markers and fourteen small spirit markers. Each large spirit marker holds a law; these laws are meant to guide us in ways that support us in life, in living well with the elements: fire, land, water, and air. The spirit markers remind us that these elements form the foundations of all relationships on earth.

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reuben quinn ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ

Great-grandson to ᐸᐦᐹᐢᑌᐤ pahpâstêw, ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn teaches ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ nêhîyawewin at University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills. He taught ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ nêhîyawewin at The Centre for Race and Culture in Edmonton for many years and at The University of Alberta. He was also a ceremony person and lodge keeper. He lives in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton).


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A major event for students and scholars of nêhiyaw ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ thought and communities … By weaving together extensive research

Awards

  • Wilfred Eggleston Award for Nonfiction 2026, Winner
  • Indigenous Voices Awards for Published Prose 2026, Short-listed
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    Dimensions:

    144 Pages
    216mm * 8.5in * 140mm * 5.5in * 10mm0.375in
    6.75oz
    191gr

    Published:

    July 17, 2025

    Publisher:

    Talonbooks

    ISBN:

    9781772016444

    Book Subjects:

    HISTORY / Indigenous / General

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    Language:

    eng

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