The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation oral history What a wonderful work and

What a wonderful work and what a welcome new voice

he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale

despite the ravishes of colonialism

O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe)

But as the American Indian Movement gained momentum the band took a stand

The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation oral history What a wonderful work andThis inspiring picture book tells the true story of a woman who brings desperately needed water to families on the Navajo reservation every day. Underneath the New Mexico sky, a Navajo boy named Cody finds that his family's barrels of water are empty. He checks the chicken coop nothing. He walks down the road to the horses' watering hole. Dry. Meanwhile, a few miles away, Darlene Arviso drives a school bus and picks up students for school. After