a female Wampanoag leader

introduced to readers using their Anishinaabe names

That her dispossessed ancestors’ homestead

The American Indian Movement

The body and history become lands that are measured and plotted with precise instruments

Little Bear, Little Berry essays a female Wampanoag leaderIn English with an Ojibwe glossary. Little Bear, Little Berry is about love. In Anishinaabe culture, the strawberry is translated as a heart berry. The message of love is interwoven with culture, family, the forest, birds, flowers, and adventure. The story is by Cecelia Rose LaPointe. Illustrations by Claire Shannon Akiwenzie.