The narrative wanders a bit, but the fact that this book exists at all is outstanding -- written by a 10 year old member of the Lipan Apache tribe, who traveled to Standing Rock when he was 8 and documented his time there. Lots of photos, excellent kid-centered viewpoint on a complicated subject. ( )

"The "about" page tells us that the author, Aslan Tudor, was eight and nine years old during the period depicted in the book, and a citizen of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. Information provided is his first-hand account of time spent at the camps when he was there in 2016.

Told from the point of view of a child,
Young Water Protectors is a rare kind of story
of a unique period of activism
with Native people from so many nations
standing together to fight a company
exploiting people and hurting earth's resources.

There's a lot to think about, packed into this slim book. Tudor touches on the school at the camp, and what he learned there but he also notes that activity at some of the construction sites wasn't safe. It was safer for kids to stay in camp. For readers who want more information about that, adults can fill in the gaps according to what they know about the reader." American Indians in Children's Literature https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/search/label/Aslan%20T...