Reknowned Métis author Leah Dorion has a new children's book.

Published by the Gabriel Dumont Institute, My First Métis Lobstick takes young readers back to Canada's fur trade era by focusing on a Métis family’s preparations for a lobstick celebration and feast in the boreal forest. Through the eyes of a young boy, we see how important lobstick making and ceremony was to the Métis community. From the Great Lakes to the present-day Northwest Territories, lobstick poles - important cultural and geographical markers, which merged Cree, Ojibway, and French-Canadian traditions - dotted the landscape of our great northern boreal forest. This little known aspect of Métis history vividly comes to life through Leah Marie Dorion's crisp prose and stunning gallery-quality artwork.

Those interested in ordering a copy of the book can contact GDI.