We Are Still Here! [hc]
Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
Written by Traci Sorell, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Illustrated by Frané Lessac.
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. 32 pages
"In this meticulously researched nonfiction picture book, Sibert honorees Sorell and Lessac team up once again to answer this question: What has happened to Native Nations and their citizens after the treaties with the U.S. government ended in 1871?... An emphatic, triumphant declaration: 'WE ARE STILL HERE!'" -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review (Ages 7-10)
April 20, 2021
AR Level=5.9
2022 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book
2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
