Traci Sorell
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press (Tm)
Pub. Date
20210302
Language
English
Description
"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
20210420
Language
English
Description
"A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents twelve historical and contemporary time periods, struggles, and victories to their classmates, each ending with a powerful refrain: we are still here"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The word "otsaliheliga" (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. This picture book chronicles a full year of Cherokee celebrations and experiences. Written by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, the book includes a glossary and the complete Cherokee syllabary, originally created by Sequoyah. Full color.
5) Powwow Day
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
20220208
Language
English
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Description
Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
6) Being Home
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
20240507
Language
English
Description
"On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
An American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Picture Book
Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work. Cherokee author Traci Sorell and Métis illustrator Natasha Donovan trace Ross's journey from being the only girl in a high school math class to becoming...