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Jun 8, 2026
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Poem turned picture book finds a beautiful place in between the ancestors - Windspeaker.com
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Poem turned picture book finds a beautiful place in between the ancestors
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Monday, June 8th, 2026 2:18pm
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Naomi McIlwraith. Photo by Janis Dow Durnin.
By Shari Narine
Windspeaker.com Books Feature Writer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Serendipity is the best way to describe how Métis writer Naomi McIlwraith’s poem “My Big Red Canoe” became the children’s picture book The Great Gathering Place.
Or as McIlwraith said, “It is an incredible story.”
McIlwraith wrote “My Big Red Canoe” in May 2020 as part of a 20-minute online present…
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