Spring 2025

Water Is Life

The Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Water Rights

From the Series Native Rights (Alternator Books ®)

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

For many Indigenous peoples, water is sacred. Indigenous peoples have lived by important water sources throughout their histories. But in the 1800s, treaties with the US government and people settling in the West forced many Indigenous peoples to leave their homelands, to leave their water sources, and to move onto reservations. Indigenous peoples continue to stand for their communities in talks about water sources. From protesting dams and oil pipelines to improving access to clean water, Indigenous peoples fight for their water rights and to protect their homelands.

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, Diverse Books: #OwnVoices, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diverse Books: Social Justice, Diversity, SEL: C Social Awareness, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2025
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Alternator Books ®
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF018040, JNF053270, JNF076050
Dewey 346.04/3208997
Dimensions 7 x 9
Guided Reading Level V
ATOS Reading Level 6.0
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Sidebars, and Table of contents

Awards

  • Booklist Top 10 New Series Nonfiction, Winner, 2025

Reviews

School Library Journal

“While addressing historical atrocities and injustices, the focus is placed on the efforts to address these issues in the present day, emphasizing their ongoing relevance rather than treating them as events of the past . . . A compelling series that sheds light on the modern-day consequences of historical injustices.”—School Library Journal