Amanda LeClair-Diaz
The Wind River Reservation spans 2.2 million acres. That means there are long distances between libraries and tribal members face significant hurdles getting access to reading materials.
That's why seven Fort Washakie School educators: Renee Crooked Arm, Lynette St.Clair, Michelle Oberly-Blackburn, Jennifer Platt, Fredde Reed, Iva LeClair, and Kailyn Washakie put their heads together with Wind River Reservation resident and Ph.D. student Amanda LeClair-Diaz to address this issue.
While attending graduate school, LeClair-Diaz was first introduced to the Little Free Library by a colleague. She learned about an educator from the Navajo Nation who had established a Little Free Library organization. On their