A story about Autumn Peltier, featuring her great-aunt Grandma Josephine, told from the point of view of the water spirit, that discusses the importance of clean water and how historically Indigneous women have worked to protect the water.
After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.
"The son of a Scottish trader and an Indigenous mother, Cuthbert Grant became a leader of the M?tis--a distinct group of mixed European and Indigenous people who developed communities along fur trading routes in the 1800s. He saw his people through conflict and change and helped transition them to a new way of life in what is now Canada and the United States"--Provided by publisher.
"Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all . . . When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource"--OCLC.
