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‘Water protector’: Indigenous illustrator wins Caldecott Medal for children’s book
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Cronkite News
Alaska artist Michaela Goade has made history, becoming the first Indigenous illustrator to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best American picture book for children for her illustrations in “We Are Water Protectors.”
The book, written by Carole Lindstrom, was inspired by Indigenous-led movements across North America, including the protests led by the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
“I really wanted to make Standing Rock water protectors and water protectors around the world proud,” said Goade, who an enrolled member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. “I wanted them to feel seen. And then, within that, there’s a lot of other elements I wanted to bring forward and really speak for Mother Earth.”
Note: This story originally appeared on Cronkite News. It is published via a Creative Commons license. Cronkite News is produced by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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