Neekna and Chemai
Summary
schchechmala children's series Series
| Year | Title | Author | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Neekna and Chemai | Jeannette Armstrong | 52 |
| 2019 | Zoe and the Fawn | Catherine Jameson | 32 |
The Creatives Behind the Books
Jeannette Armstrong is an award-winning novelist, activist and poet born on the Okanagan Reserve. Known for her literary work, Armstrong has always sought to change deeply biased misconceptions about Indigenous people. Her novel Slash is considered by many people to be the first novel by a First Nations woman. In 2013 she was appointed a Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy to research, document, categorize and analyze Okanagan syilx oral literature in Nsyilxcn.
Catherine Jameson is Secw&eacutepemc-syilx (Okanagan). She lives in Penticton, British Columbia. This is her first book.
Barbara Marchand is an author, editor and an illustrator of children’s books and young adult books. Her credits include Kou-Skelowh/We are the People: A Trilogy of Okanagan Legends (new bilingual edition). She lives in the Okanagan region of British Columbia.
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