Once the Smudge is Lit (FNCR 2024) Mi'kmaq Language The author approaches the topic

The author approaches the topic by keeping focused on the Treaty 6 territory

in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew

and British - into a new political environment

we were born after the laws that banned our cultural practices were changed

The caribou wants to spend time alone before it comes time for the herd migrates to another territory

Once the Smudge is Lit (FNCR 2024) Mi'kmaq Language The author approaches the topicWritten by Kelsey Borgford, a Nbisiing Nishnaabekwe from the Marten clan, and Cole Forrest an Ojibwe filmmaker and programmer from Nipissing First Nation. Illustrated by: Tessa Pizzale, a Moose Cree Indigenous Artist located in North Bay, Ontario. Ceremony, community and connection the poems of Once the Smudge is Lit carry the reader into deeply spiritual elements of Nishnaabe Ojibwe culture. Co written by Cole Forrest and Kelsey Borgford, the poetry