New
Release from Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Coloring
Book Series Shares American Indian Culture, Traditions
This
winter, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press published its first children's
coloring book series, Ojibwe Traditions. The four books in the series contain
pictures to color, stories, vocabulary, and often also include activities like
word scrambles and mazes, to help kids learn more about Wisconsin's American
Indian -- and specifically Ojibwe -- culture and traditions. Each book focuses
on a different aspect of Ojibwe life and traditions, including: The Powwow,
Storytelling, The Sugarbush, and Wild Ricing.
The
Northland College Indigenous Cultures Center team, in Ashland, Wis., developed
the content and produced the drawings for the series in order to engage and
teach the traditions of the Ojibwe people. The idea for the series was sparked
by a comment from a college trustee who recognized the resurgence of interest
in detailed coloring books for kids/adults, and the way they can be used for
outreach education. As a recent graduate of Northland College and a member of
the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, writer and
illustrator Cassie Brown produced these informative books for the cultures
center project.
The
series is compliant with Wisconsin Act 31, which directs public schools to
teach students about the history and culture of Wisconsin's American Indian
nations.
The
books will be featured in March at Northland College as part of the Indigenous
Cultures Awareness Month. Author events are being planned for 2019 in the
Bayfield Penninsula, Madison, Wis., and more -- in partnership with
Northland College and the Apostle Island Booksellers in Bayfield, Wis. Check www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress for event updates in the
new year.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Cassie
Brown, writer and illustrator, is a proud member of the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe
Community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She is a graduate of Northland College
with a B.S. double major in Outdoor Education and Native American Studies.
The
Indigenous Cultures Center at Northland College was created in 2011 to
create and foster community relations, particularly with the four neighboring
Ojibwe communities in northern Wisconsin, but also across other Indigenous
partnerships.
HOW
TO ORDER
The
Ojibwe Traditions books retail for $5.99 each and include:
Find
them through your favorite bookseller or by visiting www.wisconsinhistory.org/shop
For
retail and wholesale orders, contact: Chicago Distribution Center, Phone: (800)
621-2736 or Email: custserv@press.uchicago.edu.
Wisconsin
Historical Society Press
816
State Street
Madison,
WI 53706
Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Stories Since 1846
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