The title, Green Grass, Running Water, is said to be in reference to the Canadian government promising the Indigenous people rights to their land "as long as the grass is green and the water runs.", because of King's life as an Indigenous man in Canada.[3] The significance of land in First Nations' culture and the politics of land claims are underscored throughout the text.[4]
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