Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education indigenous studies animals and land

animals and land

and ecological transformation

In this meticulously researched book

Huckleberries and Coyotes will both inspire and warm your heart

the catch of impermanence in the seasons

Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education indigenous studies animals and landSometimes the losses of childhood can be recovered only in the flight of the dragonfly. Native American children have long been subject to removal from their homes for placement in residential schools and, more recently, in foster or adoptive homes. The governments of both the United States and Canada, having reduced Native nations to the legal status of dependent children, historically have asserted a surrogate parentalism over Native children