In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse drum and the beauty and despair

and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people

make and solve problems

came by the thousands determined to stand between the Water Protectors and police in defense of the rights for non-violent expression of resistance

and using the Anishinaabe teachings

showing the ongoing resilience of Indigenous communities

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse drum and the beauty and despairJimmy McClean is a Lakota boythough you wouldnt guess it by his name: his father is part white and part Lakota, and his mother is Lakota. When he embarks on a journey with his grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, he learns more and more about his Lakota heritagein particular, the story of Crazy Horse, one of the most important figures in Lakota and American history. Drawing references and inspiration from the oral stories of the Lakota tradition, celebrated