“As an indigeous girl, I grew up knowing that I am the backbone of my people,” a 15-year-old Tokata Iron Eyes told a crowd of several thousand at the Women’s March in Washington DC in 2019.
The free-spirited, young, indigenous activist had been launched onto the national stage during the 2016 Standing Rock pipeline protests at the tender age of 12, and found themselves feted by stars from Angelina Jolie to Greta Thunberg.
