Ants in My Pants History and other essential aspects of

and other essential aspects of Métis lived reality

through rich conversations with tribal representatives who convey their commitments to ceremonial practices and the inseparable need to renew language

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Ants in My Pants History and other essential aspects ofWritten by Nikki Soliman who is of Anishinaabe, Metis, and settler ancestry and is a member of Batchewana First Nation. Illustrated by Julian and Dawn Grafenauer and Sydney Hall. Ants in my Pants is a story about a young Indigenous girl who struggles to focus. She has a hard time sitting still and loves to be active. The rhyming story goes through what a day in her life is like both at school and home. Through her struggles to focus, she begins to