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Summary: With heart, pathos, humor, and insight, twenty renowned writers, performers, athletes, and activists explore what it means to be Native American today. Through a series of essays and poems, these luminaries give voice to their individual experiences while shedding light on the depth and complexity of modern Native American identity, resiliency, and joy. From Mato Wayuhi, award-winning composer...

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Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Entertainment Books

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.897 MY

Vaughn, Bill

Summary: "Between 1859 and the 1960's missionaries and the U.S. government operated more than five hundred assimilation centers. Their ostensible goal was to solve the "Indian problem" by transforming Indigenous children into English-speaking Christians who could hold down a job or run a farm or manage a household. But as the government finally admitted, the real objective was to steal tribal land. Most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books

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Blackstock, Cindy.

Summary: Spirit Bear learns about residential schools and their impact on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, as well as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and its 94 calls to action, and the paper hearts planted after the report's release to honour the children who went to residential schools.

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLA

Gilio-Whitaker, Dina

Summary: "Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities, while it also attends to the colonial history and structure of the U.S. and ways Indigenous peoples continue to resist, and ways the mainstream environmental movement has been an impediment to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 GIL

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