Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett's textured images of birds

As part of the fallout from the Northwest Resistance

and the teachings of plants

often on the fringes of urban centers

We—Indigenous

The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds language reference Acclaimed author and artist JulieAcross North America, dedicated language warriors are powering an upswell, a resurgence, a revitalization of indigenous languages and cultures. Through deliberate suppression and cultural destruction, the five hundred languages spoken on the continent before contact have dwindled to about 150. Their ongoing survival depends on immediate, energetic interventions. Anton Treuer has been at the forefront of the battle to revitalize Ojibwe for many years.