Nibi's Water Song Picture Book Ens dismisses the standard account

Ens dismisses the standard account of the Metis that stresses their Aboriginal heritage

Highlighting the long-standing rivalries and relationships among the First Nations of North America

His analysis begins with the assimilation policies of the Canadian government

But he spends his summer working at the trading post in town to earn enough money to buy a well-worn saddle

Nibi's Water Song Picture Book Ens dismisses the standard accountNibis Water Song by Anishinabeg author Sunshine Tenasco from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Quebec, and who is also a clean water activist and illustrated by Chief Lady Bird a Chippewa and Potawatomi artist from Rama First Nation and Moosedeer Point First Nation is the story of very thirsty Nibi who needs to drink clean water, yet the water is always brown. She goes looking for drinking water and this is when her message begins to resonate with all that is