The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation

The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo NationThis inspiring picture book tells the true story of a woman who brings desperately needed water to families on the Navajo reservation every day. Underneath the New Mexico sky, a Navajo boy named Cody finds that his family's barrels of water are empty. He checks the chicken coop nothing. He walks down the road to the horses' watering hole. Dry. Meanwhile, a few miles away, Darlene Arviso drives a school bus and picks up students for school. After

and decolonizing gender roles

Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land

These assumptions quickly faded as she began to explore farmers markets and the burgeoning co-op scene in the Twin Cities and eventually discovered a local food movement strong enough to survive the toughest winter

to share the conflict and abuse that characterized her life

Grover draws on a wealth of stories and knowledge accumulated over the years to evoke the Ojibwe experience of Onigamiising

There is also a companion Ojibwemowin Series 2 Workbook available

Made up of four sections

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The NYC Stands with Standing Rock Collective

Many Dakota people consider the area to be their sacred place of origin as well as a site of genocide

In collaboration with the ACLU

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