To My Panik: To My Daughter Hidatsa Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Although boarding schools were a threat to family life

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

and boarding schools

her tragic murder resonates loudly today

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