about walking together on the land and what can be learned along the way
and highly adaptive Indigenous communities
a naturopathic physician and member of the Deninu K'ue First Nation
and the T’lisalagi’law Elementary School
When the Canadian government took another twelve years to launch a national inquiry
Herizon, a wordless, children’s picture book Social Justice about walking together on theHerizon, by Din author Daniel W. Vandever, and illustrator Corey Begay, Din, is a story of female empowerment and intergenerational strength. A young Din girl helps her grandmother retrieve a flock of sheep with a magical scarf that transforms the world she knows. Females are at the center of Din (Navajo) worldview as identity is determined through ones mother. As such, females are sacred beings that bear life, nurture growth, and provide safety and