Âmî Osâwâpikones / Dear Dandelion Smudging and cultural influences on her

and cultural influences on her or his development as a writer

Anshini Shah

and wild hope

Smith teaches in the Departments of Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies and History at Vancouver Island University

Dynamic and diverse

Âmî Osâwâpikones / Dear Dandelion Smudging and cultural influences on herA debut picture book by S. J. Okemow, of Nehiyaw and Eastern European and a multidisciplinary artist, celebrates self love, care, and resilience with one of the most widespread plantsthe dandelion. Both a love letter to the dandelion and a call to love ourselves in a difficult world, m Oswpikones reminds us that we are not defined as others see us. Following our young protagonist and the dandelions through the seasons, we are reminded that we are