![]() ![]() They were on the same land, or right beside each other in Michigan in the Great Lakes area, so we shared a lot of culture,” Pawis-Steckley says. “I feel like even though I’m Anishinaabe and Sharice is Ho-chunk, our people were very closely related back in the day. They found indigenous artist Joshua Maneshig Pawis-Steckley, a member of the Wasauksing, First Nation, in Ontario. ![]() ![]() Their publisher, Harper-Collins, worked with them to find an illustrator that would represent Davids’ Native American heritage. She and Davids decided to conclude the story after the 2018 election win, “because it’s not about being in Congress, right, it’s about following your path,” Mays explains. Nancy Mays (left) with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Zoe Mays, and Sharice Davids at a campaign event in 2018. ![]()
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