{"product_id":"neekna-and-chemai-9781926886435","title":"Neekna and Chemai","description":"Neekna and Chemai are two little girls growing up in the Okanagan Valley in the time before European contact. Through these two friends, we learn about the seasonal life patterns of the Okanagan First Peoples. The girls spend time with Great-Grandmother, who tells them about important ceremonies, and they gather plants with Neekna's grandmother. Grandmother explains how bitterroot came to be an important food source, and why the people give a special ceremony of thanks at its harvest. Grandmother also tells the story of how a woman was changed to a rock to watch over the Okanagan Valley. Neekna understands how important it is that she has received the knowledge passed down for generations, from great-grandmother to grandmother to mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarchand, Barbara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Marchand \u003c\/strong\u003eis an author, editor and illustrator of children's and young adult books. Her vital, expressive watercolours help to bring stories to life. She is the illustrator of both \u003cem\u003eKou-Skelowh\/We are the People: A Trilogy of Okanagan Legends \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNeekna and Chemai\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in the Okanagan region of British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmstrong, Jeannette:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeannette Armstrong\u003c\/strong\u003e is Syilx Okanagan, a fluent speaker and teacher of the Nsyilxcn Okanagan language and a traditional knowledge keeper of the Okanagan Nation. She currently is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Okanagan Philosophy at UBC Okanagan. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Ethics and Syilx Indigenous Literatures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theytus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650679345426,"sku":"9781926886435","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42af0a7d-ffdb-4899-a86d-3db40489a127.jpg?v=1733295631","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/neekna-and-chemai-9781926886435","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}