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Apr 20, 2021 · In this meticulously researched nonfiction picture book, Sibert honorees Sorell and Lessac team up once again to answer this question: What has happened to Native Nations and their citizens after the treaties with the U.S. government ended in 1871?
- Traci Sorell
Apr 20, 2021 · This powerful book is a fact-based tour-de-force as it charts historical wrongdoings done to Native Nations and the positive impacts of Indigenous resistance, activism, and organizing. The resounding refrain that gives We Are Still Here! its title ends each student's presentation in the book.
- Traci Sorell
Apr 20, 2021 · 1,194 ratings303 reviews. 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! Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing.
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Apr 20, 2021 · We Are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know, by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac (creators of We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga), successfully illuminates a tremendous amount of historical information in an engaging, classroom framework.
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- Charlesbridge
- $13.8
An impeccably researched, illuminating book about the resilience of Native Nations and their citizens. When Traci Sorell was growing up, she was never given the opportunity to read culturally accurate books about the ways of her Cherokee ancestors or any other Indigenous peoples.
Mar 30, 2024 · We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know. by Traci Sorell illustrated by Frané Lessac. Charlesbridge, 2021. 40 pages. Review written June 30, 2021, from a library book Starred Review. This picture book has the frame of kids from a Native Nations Community School making presentations on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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Apr 20, 2021 · An emphatic, triumphant declaration: “WE ARE STILL HERE!” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ♦ The creators of We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (2018) here share important Native American concepts for younger readers. Using a framework of students giving presentations for an Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration, Sorell and Lessac devote a ...
