We Are Still Here!
by
Traci Sorell; Frane Lessac (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781623541927
Publication Date: 2021
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 book 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), the US government not recognizing tribes as nations, Native urban relocation, Native civil rights, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), religious freedom, economic development, Native language revival efforts, cultural persistence, and nationhood.