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| The Delta is My Home | |
| Tom McLeod and Mindy Willett Photographer: Tessa Macintosh |
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| Fifth House Publishers | |
Tom McLeod is a student at Moose Kerr School in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. He is of mixed cultural heritage –Gwich’in and Inuvialuit. An animated story teller, Tom enjoys transforming his experiences on the land with his family into stories, such as those told in his first book, The Delta is My Home. In his book Tom tells the reader about how the Mackenzie Delta floods in the spring, how to make bannock, and about ‘ratting’ (trapping muskrats) and hunting black ducks. His voice can be heard on CBC Radio North.
Contact info: Mindy Willett |
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Mindy Willett was born among the white pines and lapping waters of Canada’s Canoeing Capital, Atikokan, Ontario and first moved north to Ranking Inlet in 1987 and then Kugluktuk Nunavut in 1996 where she was a classroom teacher. While she loved being a classroom teacher, Mindy now lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories working as an education consultant with her firm Cranberry Consulting. Mindy’s current project is working along side Aboriginal authors from each of the Northwest Territories 9 official Aboriginal language groups to produce a children’s book series called, The Land is Our Storybook. The series celebrates the diversity of northern people, places and stories. They give the real picture of what the north is like today, in the modern homes and on the playgrounds as well as sharing the traditional lifestyles which are still very much a part of northerner’s lives. When not writing, Mindy can be found paddling or skiing with her young family on Great Slave Lake and beyond.  |
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