this work is a landmark contribution to the study of the Sioux tribes

chronically underfunded federal programs

The correspondence

compelling narrative

not just human beings

The Water Walker poetry this work is a landmarkThe determined story of an Ojibwe grandmother (nokomis), Josephine Mandamin, and her great love for nibi (water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect nibi for future generations and for all life on the planet. She, along with other women, men and youth, has walked around all the Great Lakes from the four salt waters, or oceans, to Lake Superior. The walks are full of challenges, and by her example she challenges us all to take up