Secret of the Dance
by Andrea Spalding, Alfred Snow, & Darlene Gait
Description:
Publisher's description (Orca Book Publishers, 2006): "Many years ago, when the world and I were younger, my family defied the government."
A boy will never forget witnessing a forbidden Potlatch.
In 1935, a nine-year-old boy's family held a forbidden Potlatch in faraway Kingcome Inlet. Watl'kina slipped from his bed to bear witness. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew. Aboriginal elder Alfred Scow and award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance. Andrea Spalding is First Nations and Darlene Gait is Salish.
Resource format: Picturebook
Age recommendation: Grade 1 - 6
Keywords: Alfred Scow, secret of the dance, Andrea Spalding, Kwick'wa'sut'eneuk, potlatch, policy
Year of publication: 2006
Publisher information: Orca Book Publishers
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