Benjamin's Thunderstorm (FNCR 2024) Syilx The faking of Native American

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Benjamin's Thunderstorm (FNCR 2024) Syilx The faking of Native AmericanWritten by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Hawlii Pichette. Melanie Florence is a writer of Cree and Scottish heritage. Illustrated by Hawlii Pichette, a Mushkego Cree (Treaty 9) an urban mixed blood artist and illustrator. A thunderstorm evokes a boy's family traditions, in this rainy day story. Benjamin loves the rain. He loves splashing through puddles in his bright yellow rain boots and watching the colours of a rainbow in the water as they