Christine Quintasket (Mourning Dove)

Mourning Dove was born Christine Quintasket of the Okanagan people, and she became the first known Native American woman to publish a novel in the English language. At a time when Indigenous stories were only being told by colonizers, she fought to tell them herself. This lesson asks what it means to know the history of the land you live on, and tell your own story. Students will explore the indigenous history of the places they call home, illustrate Mourning Dove's life story, and go outside to make self-portraits that honor the world around them. Come ready to find the story only you can tell.