Ogana (the Cherokee word for groundhog/woodchuck) raids the garden where Gitli (the dog) stands guard. After a bad disagreement, they compromise. Ogana agrees to help with the garden, pulling weeds and removing bugs from the plants, so long as he can take just what he needs to eat. Gitli thinks that is a fine idea!
juvenile
Billie Jo Rich & Garfield Long, Jr. ; illustrated by Lora Powell.
Title from cover.
Edited by Billie Jo Rich and Renissa Walker ; translation edited by Garfield Long, Jr. and Myrtle Driver ; book layout by Alex Cruz.
"Originally written in 2009 by a grant from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation and again in 2011 for the Chief's Children's Book Project"-- Cover page [2].
Cherokee garden terms, page 35.
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