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Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future. Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including: forced assimilation (such as boarding schools), land allotment and Native tribal reorganization, termination (the...
Author
Publisher
Random House Distribution childrens
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations and experiences. Written by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, this look at one group of Native Americans is appended with a glossary and the complete Cherokee syllabary, originally created by Sequoyah.