Be a Good Ancestor

Be a Good AncestorRooted in Indigenous teachings, this stunning picture book encourages readers of all ages to consider the ways in which they live in connection to the world around them and to think deeply about their behaviors. Addressing environmental issues, animal welfare, self esteem and self respect, and the importance of community, the authors deliver a poignant and universal message in an accessible way: Be a good ancestor to the world around you. Thought

is an expansive

This book is concerned with regular celestial events that provided sacred order to the Lakota

He was born on the land and raised by his grandparents

who arrived as a Presbyterian missionary in 1837

and to explain how storytelling in this tradition-as both an ancient and a contemporary literary form-is instrumental in the perpetuation of Cherokee identity and culture

Masculindians captures twenty of these conversations in a volume that is intensely personal

both within the text and out in the physical world

we speak of Mother Earth

including various "Indian experts

bounded by oppression and colonial violence

about the emotions men need

while also serving as a testament to the resilience of the Dakota and other indigenous peoples who have lived in this region from time immemorial