About the author:
Tracy Hauff is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and a contributor to museum exhibits created by the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS). She is the author of "Touch the Pen," published in the Articles of a Treaty, "The Sunflower," published in The Gift, and "These Men," published in Navigating Narratives, The Corps of Discovery in Teton Territory. Holding great respect for Uŋčí Makhá (Grandmother Earth), Tracy is passionate about saving the rainforests, Indigenous homelands, and endangered species. She resides on treaty land in the sacred Black Hills.

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About the illustrator:
Amé Myles is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Tribe of North Dakota. She is a mixed-media artist who has been creating art in various forms since childhood. Self-taught, she works with a variety of materials including watercolors, ink, colored pencils and natural fibers with a focus on portraiture and the human form. She currently resides on Dakota homelands in Saint Paul, MN. Her work can be found at amemyles.com