<p><strong>ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ <em>kiskisomitok</em>: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ <em>to remind each and one another</em> is the winner of the 2026 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose and the 2026 Wilfrid Eggleston Award!</strong></p><p>In ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another, nêhîyaw educator ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn uses the spirit marker writing system as a foundation for teaching ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ nêhîyawewin. Sometimes called the star chart, this system holds forty-four large spirit markers and fourteen small spirit markers. Each large spirit marker holds a law; these laws are meant to guide us in ways that support us in life, in living well with the elements: fire, land, water, and air. The spirit markers remind us that these elements form the foundations of all relationships on earth.</p>