We Are All Connected: Lakota, Mixed Grasslands and Bald Eagles

Publisher's Description (Strong Nations):
“We Are All Connected” is a series that explores how we all live together in a shared balance upon Mother Earth. Each book explores a specific ecosystem with a focus on one animal and its adaptations for survival within that ecosystem. Indigenous interviewees, each living within the same area, have responded to strategic questions as to how their community interacts with the land, their traditional territory. Explore each text with a sense of inquiry in mind.

8 We Are All Connected Titles: Coast Salish, Coastal Rainforests and Cougars Haisla, Rivers and Chinook Salmon Inuit, Tundra and Ravens Lakota, Mixed Grasslands and Bald Eagles Métis, Wetlands and Mallards Nisga'a, Ponds and Leopard Frogs Nlaka'pamux, Grasslands and Rattlesnakes Sto:lo, Riparian Forests and Black Bears Each title covers the following curricular areas. Traditional storytelling and artwork begin each title from the focus Indigenous territory. Science: Biodiversity, classification, life cycles, food chains, food webs and connections between living and non-living things are just some of the science concepts included in each book. Social Studies: Contemporary and historical Indigenous cultural knowledge flows throughout each book. Local land forms, gatherings, harvesting practices and government are some of the social studies concepts included in each book.

Creator Biographies (Strong Nations):
Kim Soo Goodtrack is an artist, author, TV series creator, and retired schoolteacher. She now lives on the Wood Mountain reserve. Kim is Hunkpapa Lakota. Kim’s great-grandma walked up to Canada with Sitting Bull’s people. Kim’s Lakota name is Wichapi Wi (Star Woman). It was given to her by Joe Flyingby while at Issac Dog Eagle’s Sundance on Little Eagle Reserve in South Dakota. Kim spends time at her studio in Rockglen, Saskatchewan, painting, sewing, making jewelry and creating whatever comes to mind! She is enjoying painting Tatanka skulls right now! She serves Cheyaka tea to her studio visitors.

Terri Mack, Kay Kwee Kway Kwa, is Da’naxda’xw Awaetlala on her late mother’s side and Hungarian on her late father’s side. Terri worked for twenty years in the education system as an Aboriginal Education Assistant, School District Aboriginal Resource Coordinator, and Community Literacy Coordinator for Stz’uminus First Nation. Terri was the co-founder of Strong Nations Publishing and has edited and authored many books for young readers. Brenda Boreham has over 30 years of classroom experience. She presents workshops of literature-based themes and literacy strategies and has written a number of resources for teachers. She is also an author of children's books and an artist.

Resource type: Other non-fiction, book (fiction/ poetry), teaching materials

Age recommendation: Grades 4-6

Keywords: Lakota, valley spring, Bald Eagle, vertebrates, mammals, appearance, food, sustenance, food chain, food web, life cycle, habitat, tree, plant, territory, languages, governmental structure, human activity, connected, ecosystem, biome, predators, predator, prey, scavenge, territory, Indigenous Stories, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples in Canada, First Nations , Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), Da'naxda'xw Awaetlala, Sioux, Lakota, Hunkpapa, Indigenous Peoples in the United States, Native American, Non-Fiction, Canadian Wildlife, Science and Technology, Environment, Plants and Animals, Ecosystem, Life Cycles, We Are All Connected Series, choke cherries, buffaloberry, Eaglet, incubate, birds, fledgling, talons, eggs, consumer, producer, carrion, roost, sweetgrass, chief, council, Wood Mountain Reserve, hunting, conserve,

Year of publication: 2017

Publisher information: Strong Nations