How authors rendered Dakhóta philosophy by literary means to encode ethical and political connectedness and sovereign life within a settler surveillance state

The two undertake difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry

and for the descendants of Mormon families who arrived by wagon train in 1880

Through his clear eyes we glimpse the spirit of a remarkable people and their land

Who Am I? Muscogee (Creek) How authors rendered Dakhóta philosophy"Who am I?" a young girl asks her mom as she snuggles close. "You are the fire that burns and the eagle that soars. You are the oak tree and the wild rose," says momma. Written from an Indigenous perspective, Who Am I? tells the story of how we are all connected to our ancestors, our past and future, and the Earth and how it is everyone's duty to fend off darkness, connect to the past, offer safety and shelter, and color the world with beauty. An Own