Counting in Mi’kmaw / Mawkiljemk Mi’kmawiktuk by Loretta Gould coffee Author(s): Laura Letinsky

Author(s): Laura Letinsky

there are still artists and crafts people who make beautiful things by hand

She is Halifax's former Poet Laureate (2016-2018) and has been published in multiple journals and magazines

they celebrate the built form

Assorted rugs in frame

Counting in Mi’kmaw / Mawkiljemk Mi’kmawiktuk by Loretta Gould coffee Author(s): Laura LetinskyOne is Newt, for one bear. Two is Tapu, for two women making offerings. Counting from one to ten in English and Mikmaw, baby is introduced to both the ancestral language of Mikmaki and to Mikmaw culture and legend, through beautifully rendered illustrations of important animals, like turtle, bear, and beaver, to concepts integral to the Mikmaw world view, like the Four (New) Directions, and the Seven (Lluiknek) Mikmaw teachings. Features bright and