Exploring Trauma and Survival in Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians
'Five Little Indians' by Michelle Good (Cree) explores the traumas and scars left behind by the Canadian Indian Residential School System.
What Makes A Monster? Rogers’ Darkly Stunning Man Made Monsters
Today, we explore a collection of horror stories by Andrea L. Rogers in Man Made Monsters, which follows one Cherokee family over 200 years.
A Powerful Coming-of-Age Story in Angeline Boullay’s Firekeeper’s Daughter
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley is a thrilling, action-driven mystery rooted around the Ojibwe community on Sugar Island.
Little Badger’s Stunning Genre-Bending Novel: A Snake Falls to Earth
Styled after traditional Lipan Apache storytelling, Darcie Little Badger's "A Snake Falls to Earth" is a stunning and hopeful example of Indigenous futurism.
How I Became a Ghost: A Powerful Story of Choctaw Removal
The first, How I Became a Ghost by Tim Tingle, follows the story of 10-year-old Isaac, a Choctaw boy experiencing Indian Removal.
Hope and Healing in Traci Sorell’s Excellent Book: Powwow Day
Last Friday, we shared Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Nobel Maillard. Today, we are looking at Traci Sorell’s Powwow Day.
Genuine Representation for Little Readers: Fry Bread by Kevin Maillard
Explore two picture books: Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Nobel Maillard and Powwow Day by Traci Sorell.