How the World Was Made: A Cherokee Story indigenous thinking From ancient metropolises like Pueblo

From ancient metropolises like Pueblo Bonito and Tenochtitlán to the twenty-first century Oceti Sakowin encampment of NoDAPL water protectors

Elder from Cross Lake First Nation

These poems are immediate

Healing and repairing that relationship requires education

told through the young narrator’s wide-eyed observations of the world around him

How the World Was Made: A Cherokee Story indigenous thinking From ancient metropolises like PuebloHow the World Was Made is a traditional Cherokee creation story. It takes place during a time when animals did many of the things that people can do. When the earth was young, the animals lived on a rock above it, and the earth was covered with water. The animals needed more room, but where could they find it? This book retells the delightful Cherokee tale of how the earth was created, while teaching the valuable lesson that even the smallest creature