and Chickadee are four inseparable cousins growing up on the Windy Lake First Nation

Educational theories at the time viewed art as the foundation of morality and as a way to promote virtues and personal improvement

" — Cynthia Leitich Smith

Hopi clan runners competed against each other on and below their mesas—and when they won footraces

and we must continue to honor these obligations and allow our Native citizens to improve their lives

Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge decolonization and Chickadee are four inseparableFrom healing to astronomy to our connection to the natural world, the lessons from Indigenous knowledge inform our learning and practices today. How do knowledge systems get passed down over generations? Through the knowledge inherited from their Elders and ancestors, Indigenous Peoples throughout North America have observed, practiced, experimented, and interacted with plants, animals, the sky, and the waters over millennia. Knowledge keepers have