Jess Housty grapples with the natural and the supernatural

It teaches Cree numbers and provides pronunciation

Sanaaq is the intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the "qallunaat

But there are steep costs to disrupting the timeline

This historical fiction novel is inspired by real people and events that were shaped by the land

Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin Kootenai Jess Housty grapples with theIn this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains. Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possibleMayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What will happen if the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will