ALT Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw is the first of six picture books for each of the traditional Rocky Cree six seasons. It takes place in Mithoskāmin, or the season of good travel, after the waterways have broken up to permit canoe travel (May and June). Mithoskāmin, or spring, translates in English to "good moving water" (mitho = good; ska = moving or walking; min = water) because this is the season in which water ways that have been frozen during the months of pipon (winter) and sikwan (break-up) open and can be used for canoe travel. All the snow is gone and new growth is visible. During this season, the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak build and repair canoes, gather eggs, make tools and baskets, and tap birch trees once the sap stops running.