Goade is of Tlingit descent and is tribally enrolled with the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Lindstrom is of Anishinaabe /Métis descent and is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. We Are Water Protectors includes essential notes from Lindstrom and Goade, as well as a glossary and further reading. This ominous, frightening threat is followed by my favorite illustration in the book, and possibly one of my favorite picture book illustrations ever (below). Wreck everything in its path," and Goade expands on these words with illustrations of a snake/oil pipeline hybrid with a fiery tongue and a haze of pollution surrounding it. Water is sacred, she said." The narrator recounts the Anishinaabe prophecy that warns of a "black snake that will destroy the land. It nourished us inside our mother's body.
Through the voice of her narrator, Lindstrom introduces readers to the ancestry, inheritance and communal responsibility of Native Nations, starting with these words, "Water is the first medicine, Nokomis told me. It is also a work that is powerfully poetic and straightforward in its message and richly layered and complex for readers ready to dive deeper.
We Are Water Protectors is a stunning picture book that and a call to action.
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