Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun Shoshone ”—Kansas City Star

”—Kansas City Star

highlighting creative Dakhóta responses to violences of the settler colonial state

He develops Crazy Horse's biography "as a story-teller would" and intersperses his narrative with interpretive essays that expand upon aspects of the wider historical setting

the glacier returns to its source

Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun Shoshone ”—Kansas City StarWaaaka was born when the earth was soft and the waters were new. It was the beginning of time. So begins Cindi Alvitres vivid and multifaceted telling of a traditional Tongva creation story from Southern California. Waaaka follows the title character, a beautiful bird who falls in love with Tamet, the sun, and tries to follow him up to the sky. Accompanied by richly colorful illustrations from Carly Lake, the book touches deftly on themes like the