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A digital painting of an Indigenous family, parents and two children, standing in a sun-dappled forest.

A digital painting of an Indigenous family, parents and two children, standing in a sun-dappled forest.

Until one day, an Indigenous family took us in as one of their own. Shikoba was the name of the wonderful, kind, and beautiful woman that my brother and I now call Amá (Mom). The name Aki was the name of the strong and wise man that we now call Tata't (Dad). See more