Winona Laduke:Restoring Land and Culture in Native America

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When Winona’s parents brought her from Los Angeles to White Earth Reservation in Minnesota to experience powwows and see her grandparents’ home, she began to understand who she was. Overcoming the discouragement of teachers and hostility from white classmates, Winona became outspoken at an early age about the disproportionate difficulties faced by Native Americans, including large-scale pollution of reservation lands. This tireless fighter’s vision of justice catches the imagination showing readers the positive impact of one person’s determination to change her world.