Winter's Gifts

Winter's GiftsYour thankfulness is your gift to Earth. Winters Gifts is the tale of a young Potawatomi girl named Dani whose family celebrates the darkest season of the year by treasuring the slowness that winter brings. Danis schoolmates think its silly to think that Earth gives us presents, but on a magical snowy day, her family and Creator give Dani the courage to teach her friends about the gifts of winterresting, remembrance, and gratitude. Can Dani help them

as well as the proverbial school of hard knocks

and lessons learned from a career as a frontline activist committed to addressing environmental injustice at a global scale

or finding the universe in an eagle feather

But catching their attention when they all get together feels impossible

With authoritative research and reportage

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a division of the Great Sioux Nation

Always striving to be a better

From traditional stories to reimagined futures

What flows deep from the heart songs of these poems is Gwen Westerman's proud and profound engagement with and transmission of closely held cultural values of the Dakota people

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