The hard and brilliant life breathing on the pages brought me to tears

for linguists

as well as hopeful visions for its future

until a curious book about her homeland changes everything

Centering on a reinterpretation of the Ghost Dance

The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life Hopi The hard and brilliant lifeA moving multigenerational memoir of Indigenous resistance, environmental justice, and a Yurok family's fight to protect their legacy and the Klamath River. For the members of a Northern California tribe, salmon are the lifeblood of the people a vital source of food, income, and cultural identity. When a catastrophic fish kill devastates the river, Amy Bowers Cordalis is propelled into action, reigniting her family's 170 year battle against the U. S.