Spring 2026

Sharon Day

Water Walker

From the Series Native American Lives

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Sharon Day is the founder and executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force. She grew up with her brothers and sisters on the Bois Forte Indian Reservation, and early on learned of the importance and meaning of water for herself and her community. From her water protector walks to her other work as an Ojibwe activist, learn all about the life of Day.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diversity
Copyright 2026
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 56
Publication Date 2026-01-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007110, JNF018040, JNF076050
Dimensions 6 x 9
Guided Reading Level U
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Introductory note, Photo captions, Source notes, Table of contents, and Timeline

Author: Pauline Danforth

Dr. Pauline Danforth is a community faculty member and full-time adviser at Metropolitan State University. She has published short stories and poetry both locally and nationally. In 2010 she received a Minnesota State Humanities Cultural Partnership grant to both further her writing and to collaborate with Dreams of Wild Health, an area nonprofit that teaches urban Indian teenagers about traditional gardening and harvesting. Pauline graduated from Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota. She is an enrolled member of the White Earth Reservation.

Illustrator: Tashia Hart

Tashia Hart is a writer and artist from the Red Lake Nation of Anishinnabe in northern Minnesota. Her literary works include fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. In addition to her illustrative work, she is a jewelry maker working in beads and birch bark and some metal work. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota with her husband, son, and a turtle.