See you next year!

Have a wonderful holiday break!  I hope you take time to explore the outdoors and to read.  I will see you in the new year!

Pepere Played the Fiddle

Pepere Played the Fiddle is a short book, but to
understand the story one needs to know something
about Metis culture.

Use these resources to answer the questions:

1.  Which Montana tribe is Metis?
http://www.littleshelltribe.com/miscdocs/history/1st_Indians_Montana.shtml

2.  There is an annual Metis celebration in Lewistown, Montana.  What activities are included in the celebration?
http://www.examiner.com/international-travel-in-billings/lewistown-highlights-metis-celebration-during-labor-day-weekend

3.  Michif is a language of the Metis people of the United States and Canada.  Michif comes mainly from the Cree and French languages. 
     There are Michif words in the story.  

     What does "pepere" mean?
     http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/g/pepere.htm
     What does "memere" mean?
     http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/g/memere.htm

4.  There is a Montana group that plays Metis music.  What is the name of the group?
http://infinitynation.blogspot.com/2008/07/fox-family-fiddle.html

Metis fiddle music is unique, rhythmic and wonderful.
Enjoy these samples:

Sierra's Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGtckNUY7b8&list=PL57A9DD7A75C5D746&index=1&feature=plpp_video
Trent Freeman and Ry Moran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZtIL5k2gPM&feature=autoplay&list=PL57A9DD7A75C5D746&lf=plpp_video&playnext=1
Cree Fiddlers at the International Music Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Vh9BQ4jmw&feature=bf_next&list=PL57A9DD7A75C5D746&lf=plpp_video
Red River Jig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8VYxEZOGRE&feature=bf_next&list=PL57A9DD7A75C5D746&lf=plpp_video

Dec. 7, 1941

Dec. 7, 2011 marks the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

You can view a 2-minute video about the Pearl Harbor bombing by using World Book Online.  (Remember to type in the secret Rose Park password if your computer asks for it).  
Use this link:
Attack on Pearl Harbor


Then, you can check out one of the nonfiction or historical-fiction books about Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Rose Park Library!

READ the movie!

 

Have you read the book that inspired the movie "Hugo" ?

Have you viewed "A Trip to the Moon," the

1902 silent movie by George Melies that inspired the book?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE

This WWI tale isn't just a movie--it is a Rose Park Library book.