{"id":1222,"date":"2017-11-26T09:13:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T17:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2017-11-26T09:13:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T17:13:30","slug":"the-moccasin-by-earl-einarson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/2017\/11\/26\/the-moccasin-by-earl-einarson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moccasin by Earl Einarson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1224\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1224\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1224 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/files\/2017\/11\/themoccasin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-1224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reference: https:\/\/lostandfoundbooks.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/21\/the-moccasins-they-made-me-feel-warm-and-loved\/<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201cThey made me feel warm and loved\u201d: That is how Earl Einarson felt as a child when his foster mother gave him a special gift\u2013a pair of moccasins that connected him to his First Nations culture.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Years later, Einarson, who is a member of the Ktunaxa First Nation, shared his childhood story in a beautiful little book called, The Moccasins (2004). This first-time author packs a powerful story about self-esteem, acceptance and love <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">for adopted or foster children, Aboriginal or otherwise\u2013and underlines the need for children to maintain their cultural backgrounds.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 480px; max-width: 100%;\"><a class=\"storyjumper-book\" href=\"\/\/www.storyjumper.com\/book\/showframe\/9095352\/The-Moccasins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: none; width: 480px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.storyjumper.com\/book\/coverImage\/9095352\/The-Moccasins\/480\" alt=\"Book titled 'The Moccasins'\" width=\"510\" height=\"398\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 20px; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"\/\/www.storyjumper.com\/book\/index\/9095352\/The-Moccasins\">Read this free book made on StoryJumper<\/a><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AdetHVHGOk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Museum of Civilization moccasins&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilization.ca\/cmc\/exhibitions\/aborig\/mocasin\/mocmaine.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/37HLYefaXnI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThey made me feel warm and loved\u201d: That is how Earl Einarson felt as a child when his foster mother gave him a special gift\u2013a pair of moccasins that connected him to his First Nations culture.&nbsp;Years later, Einarson, who is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/2017\/11\/26\/the-moccasin-by-earl-einarson\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,49,66],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/inman-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}