Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking (We Are Still Here) [Library Binding]

Laura W. Wittstock (Author), Dale Kakkak (Photographer), Michael Dorris (Foreword)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: We Are Still Here

Describes how Indians have relied on the sugar maple tree for food and tells how an Anishinabe Indian in Minnesota continues his people's traditions by teaching students to tap the trees and make maple sugar.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group (April 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822526530
• ISBN-13: 978-0822526537
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #631,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laura Waterman Wittstock is president and CEO of Wittstock & Associates. A former journalist, Waterman Wittstock is the author of several publications, including Diverse Populations/Diverse Needs: Community Foundations and Diversity and Changing Communities,and ININATIG'S Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugar Making. She is co-producer of First Person Radio, a weekly public affairs program on KFAI-FM in Minneapolis and writes an online column in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
She was an elected member and president of the Minneapolis Library Board, where she worked on the development and realization of the new Central Library (2002-2009). She served as the fourth Louis W. Hill, Jr. Fellow in Philanthropy under the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (2006). Wittstock is the recipient of several leadership and professional awards, including the Distinguished IEL Service Award, (Institute for Educational Leadership national award for improvement of American education), (2006) the American Indian Honored Educator of 2005.

Waterman Wittstock is working on three new book projects: a children's series, a memoir, and a history.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book for kids and adults, May 23, 2003

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This review is from: Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking (We Are Still Here) (Library Binding)

This is a great book. It is an authentic source children's book teaching the harvesting of maple syrup and sugar. Porky White, who the book features, is an elder sho has passed away. This book captures his story of sugar making. No romantic Indian images here. Real people participating in the traditional way of life. I think this is a great book for kids and adults. Would be good in the classroom.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sugar people, December 22, 2007

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This review is from: Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking (We Are Still Here) (Paperback)

I really liked this book and when my son was studying native americans in his 2nd grade class, they used this book. It describes how the indians worked the sugar bush and how it was part of the balance of nature. Also,it explored how they created something that others wanted so that they could trade. This book has lots of colored pictures and has a glossary. It is a great intro to doing research. I'd recommend this book for 2-5th grade students who want to know more about how diverse indian culture can be.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book about contemporary Native Americans making syrup, March 24, 2009

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Sue Stuever Battel (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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As a homeschooling mother and maple syrup producer, I like to find quality children's books that talk about syrup. This one does that, and also tells the story of a Native American man who collects sap and makes syrup in modern times. It's a nice story of community and is respectful of this Native American tradition. My 6-year-old daughter enjoys telling other people the heartwarming legend of Ininatig in which the tree teaches the hungry Native Americans how to make syrup from it.