CHAPTER 1: ᎠᎨᏳᏣ ᏋᏱᎵ ᏧᏙᎢᏓ- A Girl Called Pearl Wilma Pearl Mankiller led the Cherokee ..
THERE IS A RIVER CALLED BOK CHITTO that cuts through Mississippi. In the days before the War Between ..
The prairie had been very still the day the whites came. The animals stayed tucked in their burrows most ..
Chapter 1 Tick tock. Tick tock. Each tick, tick, ticking second brought Lily and Wendy closer to the end of their ..
The jeep grumbles and growls along the road. The top is rolled down, and the wind lifts the corner of my bandanna. ..
School. Not my favorite thing. Especially the first week back after a glorious summer off. I always dread ..
It was the best of Bugz, it was the worst of Bugz. She created life, she destroyed worlds. She appeared ..
I’m late to homeroom. Not because my bus was running behind schedule, or because my knee was flaring ..
I was born with water on the brain. Okay, so that’s not exactly true. I was actually born with ..
She came home from school today. Skipping and dancing. Humming a song under her breath. Clutching a dream ..
Before being terminated, I was Indian. Now I certainly don’t mean I was killed off or anything. ..
With her eyes closed she tried to link the pieces of the story together. She was ashamed that she couldn’t ..
Kindness affects everyone. When we are on the receiving end of an act of kindness, we may feel grateful ..
When Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief was born, there were few American ballet stars. She would become ..
Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, ..
Our ancestors say our hair is our memories, our source of strength and power, a celebration of our lives. ..
Luz Lopez sat with her auntie Maria Josie near the banks where creek and the river met, the city’s ..
Close your eyes and picture a scientist. Was it a white dude in a lab coat, surrounded by test tubes ..
But we reservation Indians don’t get to realize our dreams. We don’t get those chances. Or choices. ..
Hold out your hands and let me lay upon them a sheaf of freshly picked sweetgrass, loose and flowing, ..
The two boys danced around madly, trying to corner the raven. They shouted at each other not to let it get away. ..
Note to the reader…we must ask one special favor of those who use this book in the classroom or who may otherwise ..
One of the greatest debts Ojibwe people owe women came during the difficult time that followed the coming ..
As young people, you are much closer to remembering than adults. Remember a time when you were connected ..
