The First Blade of Sweetgrass Lacrosse As they hatch

As they hatch

Looking closer

Henderson puts the Declaration and the struggles of Indigenous peoples in a wider context

A positive resource that demonstrates how the idea of truth and reconciliation can be achieved

following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument

The First Blade of Sweetgrass Lacrosse As they hatchIn this Own Voices Native American picture book, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making. She must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh grasses, but slowly the spirit and peace of her surroundings speak to her, and she gathers sweetgrass as her ancestors have done for centuries, leaving the first blade she sees to grow