Stolen Words

Stolen WordsThe story of the beautiful relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks her grandfather how to say something in his language, Cree, he admits that his language was stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather find his language again. This sensitive, beautifully illustrated picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system, which separated young

and decolonization

A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe is an essential reference for all students of Ojibwe culture

Natalie Avalos

subsistence skills

And in a dramatic photo spread

author of Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year

who innovate with new designs and techniques

Honoring indigenous traditions

Deloria turns his audacious intellect and fiery indignation to an examination of modern science as it relates to Native American oral history and exposes the myth of scientific fact

in which she learned from the talented bead artists who keep the form alive

and inventive

particularly at the high schools located in towns bordering the reservation