Nimkii

3. a firm decision of the Chief and Indian Council not to allow Children's Aid Society to come to their community
5. type of school where Nimkii's mother and father met
7. Nimkii compares her mother to this
9. Teddy called Nimkii this because she always protected him
11. thunderbirds speak in thunder and bring people this___
13. a mysterious animal that protects indigenous people
14. a means of learning for young generations of indigenous people

1. word "grandmother" in the Anishinaabemowin language
2. type of home/ family that took a child in without officially adopting him/ her
4. this person helped little Nimkii and her mother to survive
6. place where Nimkii's father became gravely sick
7. place where Nimkii was sent to live when she was 13 years old
8. an item that helps Nimkii remember what her mother looked like
10. Nimkii's favourite fruit. She would eat it from a can as a special treat
12. Teddy's age when he met Nimkii for the first time
13. Indigenous people call North America this ___ island (named after an animal)
15. name of a little boy who Nimkii often draws