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We are still here! : Native American truths everyone should know / Traci Sorell ; illustrated by Frané Lessac.

Sorell, Traci,: (author.). Lessac, Frané,: (illustrator.).

Summary:

Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future. Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including: forced assimilation (such as boarding schools), land allotment and Native tribal reorganization, termination (the US government not recognizing tribes as nations), Native urban relocation (from reservations), self-determination (tribal self-empowerment), Native civil rights, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), religious freedom, economic development (including casino development), Native language revival efforts, cultural persistence, and nationhood. -- Provided by Publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9781623541927
ISBN: 1623541921
Physical Description: 39 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 38).
Formatted Contents Note:	Assimilation -- Allotment -- Indian New Deal -- Termination -- Relocation -- Tribal activism -- Self-determination -- Indian Child Welfare and Education -- Religious Freedom -- Economic development -- Language revival -- Sovereign resurgence.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 7-10. Charlesbridge.
Awards Note:	American Indian Youth Literature Award Picture Book Honor, 2022 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2022