Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education indigenous studies In this meticulously researched book

In this meticulously researched book

the catch of impermanence in the seasons

renewable energy

Our Songs Came Through offers the extraordinary sweep of Native literature

who falls for a good-looking predator

Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education indigenous studies In this meticulously researched bookSometimes 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