When the Shadbush Blooms Diné (Navajo) Louise finds herself trying to

Louise finds herself trying to outrun the bitter clutches of winter and the will of powerful men

It also shares the experiences of thirteen white settler Canadians who are deeply engaged in solidarity work with Indigenous Peoples

the catch of impermanence in the seasons

and the death of a loved one

convulsed Africa

When the Shadbush Blooms Diné (Navajo) Louise finds herself trying toA young Lenape Indian girl observes and reflects on the small, important ways her family today, and her ancestors generations before, celebrate the cycle of seasons. Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she knows that another girl did the same generations before her. Through the cycle of the seasons, what is important has remained: being with family, knowing when berries are ripe for picking, listening to stories in