This year’s published works included a fictional account of Sacajawea, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated historical analysis of northern Anishinaabe people, a creepy anthology, and a sequel to a best-selling story. We’ll hear from both readers and writers about the standout books by Native authors from 2023. GUESTS Esther Belin (Diné), poet, artist, educator Allison Waukau (Menominee and Navajo), president of the American Indian Library Association Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian), author Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), author
In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weeâchumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the Pilgrims.
Visions of the Crow: Volume 1 Dreams is the first in a #NewSeries of #GraphicNovels by #Coquitlam based #Cree #writer , #poet #mother Wanda John-Kehewin, who describes herself as “a #FirstNations #woman searching for the truth and a way to be set free from the past.”
She has three #books coming out in 2023. Spells Wishes and the Talking Dead, lands in the fall & a #YoungAdult #novel titled Am I Going to Residential School Too?, is due in the December.
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