The First Blade of Sweetgrass Grandmothers the publisher lists the names

the publisher lists the names of each child who participated in this engaging project

termination (the US government not recognizing tribes as Nations)

Thanking Creator

and Health and Healing

The First Blade of Sweetgrass Grandmothers the publisher lists the namesIn this Own Voices Native American picture book, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making. She must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh grasses, but slowly the spirit and peace of her surroundings speak to her, and she gathers sweetgrass as her ancestors have done for centuries, leaving the first blade she sees to grow