To My Panik: To My Daughter Hidatsa Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

one which wakes in us the ability to understand so much about ourselves and the way history and time weigh on us in ways it's both understandable to stay asleep or to have to wake up from

Her detailed cultural descriptions were intended less for purposes of cultural preservation than for practical application

her tragic murder resonates loudly today

Although boarding schools were a threat to family life

To My Panik: To My Daughter Hidatsa Honorée Fanonne Jeffers"Panik, do you know how much I love you? When I look at the horizon, past the vast tundra, I see no end. That is how much I love you." In this lovingly told book, a mother recounts for her daughter all the things she loves about her, connecting each attribute to an element of the Arctic landscape or Inuit traditional life. As her daughter's eyes glisten like the fire of an oil lamp, and her courage shines bright like buds of purple saxifrage fighting