Acoma Pueblo poet Ortiz spent a winter in South Dakota

and is the author of eight volumes of poetry

It's also intended to convey how vital it is to become conscious of our own important role in our own natural world

with Ojibwe names

Marion Lafournier

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock Osage Acoma Pueblo poet Ortiz spentThe story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community's rich history of activism. Through the unique lens of "Indigenized environmental justice," Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio Whitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the