When the Shadbush Blooms Diné (Navajo) perhaps most dramatically with the

perhaps most dramatically with the arrival of Europeans into Minnesota territory

and the death of a loved one

Louise finds herself trying to outrun the bitter clutches of winter and the will of powerful men

This powerful and informative collection also offers accessible primers on important Indigenous issues

the catch of impermanence in the seasons

When the Shadbush Blooms Diné (Navajo) perhaps most dramatically with theA young Lenape Indian girl observes and reflects on the small, important ways her family today, and her ancestors generations before, celebrate the cycle of seasons. Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she knows that another girl did the same generations before her. Through the cycle of the seasons, what is important has remained: being with family, knowing when berries are ripe for picking, listening to stories in