The animal totems help us identify the different responsibilities each clan has in supporting and leading our community

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and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction

descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land

Many individuals portrayed in the Native Trailblazers series surmounted adversity and humble beginnings in their journey for personal success

Thanku: Poems of Gratitude cities The animal totems help usThis poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul, explores a wide range of ways to be grateful (from gratitude for a puppy to gratitude for family to gratitude for the sky) with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, and Jane Yolen.