The Moccasins
by Earl Einarson & Julie Flett
Description:
This story is about a young foster boy whose foster mother honoured and acknowledged his Indigenous background and gave him moccasins to symbolize that. She actively encouraged him to embrace his Indigenous roots and pass them onto his own children in the future. Earl Einarson is a member of the Ktunaxa First Nation and the story is based upon his own story as a foster child. Julie Flett is a Cree-Métis author, illustrator, and artist.
Resource format: Picturebook
Age recommendation: Pre-K - Grade 3
Keywords: Indigenous roots, foster family, moccasins, Ktunaxa, Cree-Métis, identity, reusing and repairing objects, positive foster experience, filial love
Year of publication: 2004
Publisher information: Theytus Books
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!
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