Tasha Spillett's graphic novel debut

When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother’s garden

the women’s tales bind them together

the nostalgia of growing up on the rez

"That's What They Used to Say": Reflections on American Indian Oral Traditions Odawa Tasha Spillett's graphic novel debutAs a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard "hvmakimata" "that's what they used to say" a phrase Mvskoke Creeks and Seminoles use to end stories. In his latest work, Fixico, who is Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Mvskoke Creek, and Seminole, invites readers into his own oral tradition to learn how storytelling, legends and prophecies, and oral histories and creation myths knit together to explain the Indian world. Interweaving the