Visual/Language: The Ledger Drawings of Dwayne Wilcox Lumbee Spirit Run is Noé Álvarez's

Spirit Run is Noé Álvarez's account of the four months he spends trekking from Canada to Guatemala alongside Native Americans representing nine tribes

Drawing upon his Cree and Scandinavian roots

using sign language and an interpreter

In addressing the core tenets of Indigenous resistance movements

Visual/Language: The Ledger Drawings of Dwayne Wilcox Lumbee Spirit Run is Noé Álvarez'sThe first book to feature Dwayne Wilcoxs incredible ledger drawings of Native life. Plains Indian ledger art grew out of the Native tradition of recording and chronicling through art important exploits by warriors and chiefs, among them images of war and hunting, that would adorn tipis and animal hides. These were seen as historical markers. But Native life on the Great Plains underwent tremendous change following the American Civil War, when the