Rabbit and Otter Do Spring Cleaning: Ziigwanong Gii-ani-biinichigewaad Waabooz miinawaa Nigig Kiowa Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships draws

Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships draws on the knowledge systems of the nehiyawak (Plains Cree) to argue that economic exploitation was the initial and most enduring relationship between newcomers and Indigenous peoples and that Indigenous economic relationships are constitutive: connections to the land

and it should be required reading at all educational institutions

awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families

Debbie Reese

Standing Bear's views on Indian affairs and his suggestions for the improvement of white-Indian relations are presented in the two closing chapters

Rabbit and Otter Do Spring Cleaning: Ziigwanong Gii-ani-biinichigewaad Waabooz miinawaa Nigig Kiowa Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships drawsA beautifully presented illustrated children's book about when Rabbit and Otter meet a new friend while they are doing spring cleaning! Written for elementary age readers in English and Ojibwemowin (Ojibwe).