Metis Christmas Mittens

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  1. Hello, Caswell. I have a book for us to listen to today
  2. called Maiti Christmas Mittens.
  3. This was written and illustrated by Lia Marie Dorion
  4. and Mitch. If translation was done by Norman Fleury,
  5. I will be reading the English version for us today.
  6. Okay?
  7. Yeah.
  8. My family has a Christmas mitten tradition on cold winter days,
  9. Maiti Christmas mittens are made to warm the hands and the heart.
  10. When snow greets the land,
  11. Matty families begin to make their special Maiti Christmas mittens by hand.
  12. Mittens are joyfully worn by every child
  13. and adult.
  14. I've been
  15. Yeah,
  16. Matty Mittens have been made everywhere across the homeland,
  17. from the Red River to the piece.
  18. Yeah,
  19. Maiti Christmas mittens are made to show we care and to tell others that they belong.
  20. Mm hmm.
  21. Old brown paper mitten patterns
  22. made by grandma's own
  23. are folded and put into a tin can.
  24. Yeah,
  25. Some 80 mittens are scented
  26. with smoked tanned moose hide.
  27. Others are trimmed with beautiful soft beaver fur
  28. to calm and comfort
  29. the worried mind.
  30. Other meaty Christmas mittens are made from recycled pieces of cloth.
  31. This is a reminder to reuse and recycle
  32. everything we have
  33. and to treat everything with respect.
  34. Just
  35. in every stitch, a prayer is made to bring blessings from our caring creator,
  36. Maiti Christmas Mittens are sewn together by hand
  37. using a sharp needle and a strong sinew
  38. for thread.
  39. Mhm,
  40. Yeah,
  41. Yeah.
  42. Many are decorated with beautiful flower beadwork,
  43. ribbons
  44. and fine embroidery Stitches.
  45. There are so many different kinds of Maiti Christmas mittens.
  46. Yeah,
  47. pom poms,
  48. tassels and fringes are sometimes added for decoration on arm 80 Christmas Mittens
  49. Uh huh.
  50. It was an old, meaty tradition
  51. to place a small beaded heart on the back of the
  52. thumb for good luck and to show love from the maker.
  53. Mhm!
  54. A touch of beadwork reminds us to live every day connected to our heart.
  55. Mhm.
  56. There are all kinds of Matty mittens,
  57. but no two pairs are made exactly the same.
  58. May T people make mittens to give away.
  59. Yeah,
  60. a mitten is rarely lost by traveling dog team driver.
  61. Often
  62. mushers mittens are held together
  63. by a brightly braided cord which runs through their sleeve.
  64. So that
  65. sorry so that they dangle out of the jacket arms.
  66. Maiti mittens are placed in a mitten box right beside the door.
  67. Mittens are given away to traveling friends,
  68. relatives and strangers visiting from afar.
  69. Mm
  70. Christmas is always a treasured time
  71. to give someone in your circle a homemade pair of Maiti Christmas mittens.
  72. Mhm,
  73. Yeah,
  74. yeah.
  75. Four.
  76. And here's some images of some 80 Christmas Mittens.
  77. You can see all the beautiful beadwork,
  78. the embroidery, even the braided cord to hold them together in their jackets.
  79. Thanks for reading along with me as we listen to Maiti Christmas mittens.