Greet the Dawn: The Lakota Way indigenous studies and struggle daily to pass

and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their children

and cosmological vision connected to the ongoing circle of life—a tradition of authority that has been crucial to surviving colonization

moving the reader through interior and exterior landscapes

and more—inspire flavorful combinations and fierce protection of resources

and nurses working in modern Native ways

Greet the Dawn: The Lakota Way indigenous studies and struggle daily to passPickup trucks and eagles, yellow school buses and painted horses, Mother Earth and Sister Meadowlark all join together to greet the dawn. They marvel at the colors and sounds, smells and memories that come with the opening of the day. Animals and humans alike turn their faces upwards and gaze as the sun makes its daily journey from horizon to horizon. Dawn is a time to celebrate with a smiling heart, to start a new day in the right way, excited for