We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781623541927)

A 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book
A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Native life, each with a powerful refrain: We are still here!

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.

Author: Traci Sorell
ISBN-10: 1623541921
ISBN-13: 9781623541927
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2021
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.50h x 9.70w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 515262 / We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

Award: American Indian Youth Literature Award - Honor Book
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2021 pg. 116
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2021
Booklist 04/01/2021 pg. 37
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2021 pg. 158
Shelf Awareness 05/04/2021
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style