We Are Still Here!

<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> <p/><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> <p/> 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. <p/> Precise lyrical writing presents topics including: <p/> <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 <p/></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. <p/> <b>A 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book<br> A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book</b>