I knew his simple message would translate to children.

The story broke down barriers that people had about health and diabetes. When talking to children and beginning with the story and then talking about diabetes, we found that the children listened intently. They were eager to take the information back to their parents and talk about what they had learned in school that day.

In my dream, the eagle was showing me how life for Native Americans used to be and some things that Native people should do to be healthy once again.

Eagles are very important to me and my culture.

Why would someone be so arrogant and smug to think children would only want to learn one language?

All of our children deserve our protection. Especially the most neediest, our unborn children.