Critically Sovereign traces the ways in which gender is inextricably a part of Indigenous politics and U

a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Learning to speak English in the first grade

and Indigenous feminisms

learn about the history of Oregon through the stories of the Indigenous peoples of the Willamette Valley

Heart Berry Bling religion Critically Sovereign traces the waysOn a visit to her granny, Maggie is excited to begin her first ever beading project: a pair of strawberry earrings. However, beading is much harder than she expected! As they work side by side, Granny shares how beading helped her persevere and stay connected to her Anishinaabe culture when she lost her Indian status, forcing her out of her home communityall because she married someone without status, something the men of her community could do