Introduce new vocabulary, including both English and Cree words. You may wish to create individual booklets so that students can add new terms and meanings, or co-construct a class word wall. Introduce new terms before reading each chapter.
| English Words | Cree Words |
| Chapter One | |
| Clacked | Ooh-Hoo – Owl |
| Trapline | Minos – Cat |
| Roost | Mosoom – Grandfather |
| Lean-to | Kokom – Grandmother |
| Chapter Two | |
| Canopy | |
| Saskatoonberries | |
| Boughs | |
| Chapter Three | |
| Partidge | Wapoose – Rabbit |
| Muskeg | |
| Bannock | |
| Bronco Buster | |
| Chapter Four | |
| Swiveled | Oskiniko – Young Man |
| Clenched | |
| Gravely |