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Powwow Day
By Traci Sorell, 2022
River is recovering from an unknown illness and is extremely disappointed she will miss dancing at powwow day. Though she can't dance, she is able to listen to the music, watching others dance, and experience the community coming together to make her feel hopeful to dance next year.
Jingle Dancer
By Cynthia Leitich Smith, 2021
Jenna can't wait to join the jingle dance at the next powwow, but needs to find enough jingles for her dress.
We are Water Protectors
By Carole Lindstrom, 2020
When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
By Kevin Noble Maillard, 2019
A Native American family, uses fry bread as a metaphor for love, sharing and honoring the old while embracing the new.
We are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
By Traci Sorell, 2021
A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents historical time periods, struggles and victories to their classmates.
Finding my Dance
By Ria Thundercloud, 2022
Professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells her true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in Native American heritage.
Stolen Words
By Melanie Florence
Through the relationship between a young girl and her grandfather, the grandfather reveals that his native language, Cree, was taken from him as a youth. The girl sets out to help her grandfather reclaim his heritage through language.
My Powerful Hair
By Carole Lindstrom, 2023
Though her mother and grandmother were not allowed to keep their long hair, one little girl is excited to have her hair grow long to honor her ancestors and to show the connection between her culture and Mother Earth.
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