Welcome Song for Baby / Ni Nikamon ‘Tawâw Nipepîmis’

Internationally renowned storyteller and award-winning author Richard Van Camp is a proud member of the Tłı̨chǫ Dene from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. A graduate of the En'owkin International School of Writing, the University of Victoria's BFA in Creative Writing program and the MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia, Richard has written over thirty books in just about every genre, including Little You and We Sang You Home, both beautifully illustrated by Julie Flett. He is the recipient of the Order of the Northwest Territories for his commitment to honoring the North and Northerners. Richard lives in Edmonton.

Christian Down is a producer, musician and voice actor from Victoria, British Columbia.

As a first-language speaker of Plains Cree (nêhiyawêwin), translator Dolores Greyeyes Sand has devoted her career to teaching and promoting Cree language and cultural literacy at every opportunity, proudly following the path laid by her late mother, Dr Freda Ahenakew CM, SOM.

Mary Cardinal Collins is a semi-retired teacher, fluent Cree speaker and translator.