Little Chief and Mighty Gopher: The Pemmican Frenzy
by Victor Lethbridge & Ben Crane
Description:
Publisher description (Tatanka Productions, 2010):
Discover what happens when a young boy’s friendship with a gopher turns everyone’s life upside down! Written by Indigenous author Victor Lethbridge and beautifully illustrated by Ben Crane, Little Chief and Mighty Gopher: The Pemmican Frenzy tells the story of a young boy who finds friends and acceptance in unexpected places. This is a funny, heartfelt story of hope, empowerment and determination suited to young readers, the young at heart and those who struggle with bullying and rejection.Victor Lethbridge is a member of the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation and calls southern Alberta home.
Author and Illustrator biographies (Strong Nations):
Victor has won awards for his musical abilities, his writing and his humanitarian work. He is a musician and recording engineer, works in video, travels across Canada as a motivational speaker and most recently has become a Canadian best selling author. His years of experience give him a wealth of information to convey to audiences, during his Tatanka Workshops, earning accolades wherever he goes. Victor’s heart lies with aboriginal youth and desires to make a difference in the next generation. He is a member of the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation and calls southern Alberta home
Resource format: Picturebook
Age recommendation: Grade 2 - 5
Keywords: friendship, humor, hope, empowerment, bullying, rejection, Blackfoot language, Cree language, Lakota language, differences, physical disability, friends, family, coulee, hawk, prairie, river, buffalo, mean, name calling, play, animal, outside, learning on the land, pemmican, problem solving, hawks, coyotes, onamatopeia, balance, dancing, celebration, name change
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher information: Tatanka Productions
Teaching and Learning Ideas
Our team collaborated with new teachers, alumni of the Werklund School of Education’s Bachelor of Education program, to create teaching and learning plans for texts in this website. With audiences ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Post-Secondary, lesson plans across this resource address a wide range of school subject areas, inclusive approaches, and Indigenous education topics, such as the revitalization of Indigenous languages. As this website was designed with Undergraduate Programs in Education instructors, as well as teachers in mind, connections to UPE courses have been flagged on each lesson plan. These lessons are intended as a starting place for educators, to help you envision ways in which you might bring Indigenous literatures, as well as ways of knowing, being, and doing, into your teaching contexts. Please adapt, use, and share these lessons in ways that are generative for your teaching practice. We offer our sincere thanks to the dozens of new teachers who gifted us with these creative ideas!
Little Chief and the Mighty Gopher: The Pemmican Frenzy Grades 1-3 project
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