![]() Sometimes representational and sometimes abstract, his bold, simple shapes became iconic of his style, and his collages remain some of his best-loved work. In the later part of his life, wheelchair-bound and unable to fully take care of himself, Henri Matisse began to experiment with collage and paper cutouts as a way of continuing to make art. Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat as One is a moving and powerful book about Indigenous resistance and female empowerment. The women and girls together beat their drums in song and support, giving the girl the confidence she needs to become a changemaker in the future, capable of fending off any monster in her way. She climbs a mountain to evade him, and, with the help of her matriarchs and the power of Thunderbird, the monster is held at bay. ![]() Soon, though, the girl is challenged by a monster named Hate, who envelops her in a cloud of darkness. She is joined by a chorus of women and girls in red dresses, ancestors who tell her they remember what it was like to be carefree and wild, too. In this beautifully illustrated book, a determined young Anishnaabe girl in search of adventure goes on a transformative journey into a forest on her traditional territory. In this beautiful and empowering book, a young Indigenous girl goes on a transformative journey through the forest, with the help of her ancestors. ![]()
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