We are still here! : Native American truths everyone should know /

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, ly...

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Main Author:	Sorell, Traci (Author)
Other Authors:	Lessac, Frané (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Watertown, Massachusetts : Charlesbridge, [2021].
Subjects:	Indians of North America > History > Juvenile literature. Indians, Treatment of > United States > Juvenile literature. Indians of North America > Government relations > Juvenile literature. Persistence > Juvenile literature. Indians of North America > History. Indians > Treatment. Indigenous peoples > Government relations. Persistence. HISTORY > United States > General.

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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.
Physical Description:	39 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 38).
ISBN:	9781623541927 1623541921