Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and Healing

Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and HealingFrom Indigenous creative team Deidre Havrelock and Aly McKnight comes a powerful and exuberant story about the heritage, joy, and healing power of the Jingle Dress Dance a perfect read aloud picture book It's a special day the day of the Jingle Dress Dance! Before the big powwow, there's a lot to do: getting dressed, braiding hair, packing lunches, and practicing bounce steps. But one young girl gets butterflies in her stomach thinking about

Norma Dunning

With text by Traci Sorell and illustrations by Arigon Starr that brings these two players to life

they meet Ma'iingan (Wolf)

They bring us generously into experiences that we must understand if we are to come together in real relationships

Anang sets off to gather the materials needed to make the skirt and turns to those around them -- their family

hounded from their ancestral hunting grounds

the book contains powerful introductions from contributing editors who represent the five geographically organized sections

and confronting the crippling legacies of colonialism

the dark confines of sweat lodges

there are few studies that explore how tribal nations have contended with this transformation of tribal citizenship

colorful artwork inspired by the style of the early Plains Indians illustrates the day-to-day life of the Lakota and tells the story of a boy accepting the challenges of manhood

Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and