Author Description

<b>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!</b><br>  <br><b> An ideal nonfiction picture book for 7-10-year-old future activists and changemakers! An inspiring read by best-selling and award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell.</b><br>  <br> Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning <i>We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga</i> offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future. <br><br> Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including: <br><br> <ul><li>Assimilation</li><li>Allotment</li><li>Termination</li><li>Relocation</li><li>Economic Development</li><li>Language Revival</li><li>Sovereign Resurgence</li><li>and more<br><br></li></ul>Best-selling Cherokee author Traci Sorell has a Native rights advocacy background, and is active in both her tribal community as well as the broader Native American community. <i>We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know</i> is sure to educate and inspire both Native and non-Native readers.<br><br> <b>A 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book<br> A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book</b>