“I did what I could on social media but then thought, maybe I should write a book. “I wanted people to know what was going on,” she recalled. In a Google Hangout, Lindstrom said it was important to her to find an Indigenous artist to illustrate her message, which was inspired by the movement at Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access pipeline. Her vibrant, intricately detailed watercolors illuminate lyrical text by Carole Lindstrom, who is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Goade, who is a member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, earned the distinction for “We Are Water Protectors,” a picture book about the importance of safeguarding natural resources. DYNAMIC DUO At the end of January, Michaela Goade became the first Indigenous artist to win the Randolph Caldecott Medal, which is one of the most illustrious distinctions awarded for children’s books - the literary equivalent of an Oscar, with a gold seal instead of a statuette.
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