I live and write on Lingít Aaní, and gratefully acknowledge the past, present and future caretakers of this beautiful place, the Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan.

“There is a faith in morningtime,

there is belief in noon.

Evening will come whispering

and shine a bright round moon.”

 

— From the children’s book All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Nikki McClure.

(I read it to the girls in a quieter moment from Friday at Mimi’s. And don’t you just know it is true — there is a faith in morningtime.)