Dedication

To my people, the Ahnishinahbæó^tjibway,

         and to all Aboriginal Indigenous Peoples of the World,
those who have been annihilated in 500 years of Holocaust,
and those who survive.

     This book is also written in honor of:
          my great-grandparents Bah-se-nos and Nay-bah-ne-cumig-oke
                   my grandparents Bah-wah-we-nind and Ke-niew-e-gwon-ay-beak,

my family of the Bear Dodem,
Francis, Mike, Steve, and Grant, and Valerie Lynn,
     to their Clan Mother, Norby,
and to the next generation, including
            Jesse, Nee-gah-nee-benais-eke, and Little Mike