A 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book
A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Native life, each with a powerful refrain: We are still here!Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoingThis 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.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
40 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2021-04-20 |
| ISBN |
9781623541927 |
