My First Book of O'Odham Mamastagǐ / Colors - Tapa dura

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Husi Cazares, an enrolled member of the Tohono O'odham Nation, grew up insouthern Arizona and has devoted his life to teaching and preserving his people'sculture, history, and language. He has taught Tohono O'odham culture as well asNative American history and culture at several colleges and universities. Husiholds an M.A. in Native American Studies from the University of Arizona and anM.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Saint Xavier University inChicago, Illinois. Husi is currently working as a trilingual speech-languagepathologist in southern Arizona where he just received a national 2026 Hero ofthe Year award from his employer, Bayada Home Health Care.

He remains deeply involved in language preservation and literacy initiatives withinhis tribe. He continues to write bilingual Tohono O'odham books for children andis currently working on an illustrated, bilingual, Tohono O'odham/Englishdictionary which will be available from Desert Ink Press in 2026.

Kerrie Ann Cázares grew up in Orland Park, Illinois. She received her Bachelors degree in sociology at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois. Kerrie Ann writes and illustrates books, language coloring books, and language materials for learning the O'odham language with her husband Husi Cázares.

Kerrie Ann and her husband live in Marana, Arizona, nice and close to many of their children and their three granddaughters. She like to sew, paint and create digital art.