Celebrate contemporary Indigenous traditions with this illustrated children's picture book! A young Nisga'a boy, Simgan, learns to cook hamburger soup and fry bread with Grandmother on a crisp fall day. As they gather ingredients, chop vegetables and stir the pot, Grandmother remembers coastal fishing trips and community with friends--blending Nisga'a vocabulary into her stories of food, family and tradition to create cultural memory and document everyday life. Indigenous people have many differences from Nation to Nation, yet the hamburger soup recipes in these households are often very similar. This story celebrates shared traditions, the wisdom of Elders and the importance of giving back to the community. To assist early language learners, a pronunciation guide to the Nisga'a vocabulary found within Hamburger Soup will be available on the author's website, www.samanthabeynon.com.
Hamburger Soup