these stories celebrate the strength of heritage and the liveliness of innovation

and identity as a Native woman in America

Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous

When Aimée accidentally wanders off

they get their values from peer culture

Stitches of Tradition (Gashkigwaaso Tradition) culture these stories celebrate the strength"Noozhishenh, bimadiziwin," Nookomis says. "My granddaughter, live a good life." An Ojibwe grandmother carefully measures and selects just the right colors of fabric, and her sewing machine hums whirr, whirr, whirr late into the night. In the morning, her growing granddaughter has a beautiful new ribbon skirt to wear, a reminder of her nookomis and the cultural traditions that stitch together her family with love. This heartwarming story by Marcie