Missing Nimâmâ
Kateri is a young girl, growing up in the care of her grandmother. We see her reaching important milestones her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child along with her mother, who is always there, watching her child growing up without her. Told in alternating voices, Missing Nimama is a story of love, loss, and acceptance, showing the human side of a national tragedy. An afterword by the author provides a simple, age appropriate context for young readers.
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- ISBN: 9780993935145
- Physical Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.
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General Note: | NFPL Indigenous Collection. |
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Kirkus Review
Missing Nimama
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A free-verse intergenerational story of separation, loss, and daughter-mother connection amid the ongoing crisis of missing First Nations girls and women. Kateri wakes up from a dream, realizing that her nimm (mother) is no longer there. The girl asks her nhkom (grandmother) where her mother is and is told, "She's one of the lost women, kammakos." Through the trajectory of her lifegoing to school, falling in love, getting married, attending a march for missing indigenous women, Kateri learns how to cope with the sudden loss of her beloved mother. On each page, Cree author Florence presents two narratives: Kateri's and her missing nimm's. By juxtaposing the daughter's and mother's thoughts and feelings in complementary verse, Florence provides them the opportunity to experience life together from their respective points of view and to talk to each other from a distance. Thisdale's soft-edged, wistful artwork enriches the heartfelt story, strongly capturing the passage of time and Kateri's emotional journey. An afterword is appended, offering simple and relevant information as well as statistics of missing and murdered indigenous girls and women; together with the story, it should help to begin a conversation with young readers. A solid debut picture book that works as a record of voices that are usually unheard, ignored, and forgotten. (glossary of Cree terms) (Picture book. 7-10) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.