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“It takes a Village to Raise a Child”

A First Nations Perspective

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I have worked as an elementary school teacher, teaching Kindergarten and Grades 2 and 3. Recently, I worked as the Early Childhood Interventionist for Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, and I am currently the Early Childhood Coordinator for Makwa Sahgaiehcan School.

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Tarra, O. (2015). “It takes a Village to Raise a Child”. In: Living as Mapmakers. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-361-2_10

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