Firefly Season

Firefly SeasonWritten by the award winning, bestselling author of Jingle Dancer, Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee), and filled with tender illustrations by Kate Gardiner (Nipmuck), this unforgettable, warmhearted picture book is for family and the friends who become family. Piper feels grateful for visits with her relatives, especially for the time spent with her cousins in Cherokee Nation and Muscogee Nation during summer vacations, fishing on misty mornings and

In this illuminating collection of essays and poems

Many other Indigenous languages also need to be revitalized

It was fun creating these paintings and the meanings of each clan animal described

is suitable for all ages of would-be activists

and profound

She left home to attend residential school and later moved to The Pas

and the intricate kinship system that governed all aspects of their life

As he scoured archives and libraries

including traditional and modern recipes

But Native life on the Great Plains underwent tremendous change following the American Civil War

where we let go of colonial narratives and see with fresh eyes

”—Lynne Rossetto Kasper