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Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith
5.0
On a cold spring morning in Michigan, hundreds of people from all around the United States and Canada gather in a high school gym to dance, to celebrate, to connect and reconnect, to represent their nations. This is the stories of a single weekend at the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow.
In a series of interconnected stories, Native authors write to celebrate their cultures, heritage, and the magic that comes from gathering at a powwow. There are dancers, fry-bread cooks, t-shirt sellers, jewelry makers, and so many that are there just to see their family and friends. There's kids who have spent their whole lives going to powwows, and kids who are going for the first time. Readers will meet: a bus full of Choctaw elders for an epic road trip (which seriously needs to become a movie); a Rez Dog who lives life unleashed; a young detective (who needs her own series); kids who are confident and secure in their Native identity; kids who are struggling to find and understand what it means to be Native; families that come in all shapes and sizes; and, most importantly, love and acceptance and encouragement.
Ancestor Approved is more than just a slogan on the t-shirt the dog is wearing. It means that you have found a way to connect the past, the present, and the future.
In a series of interconnected stories, Native authors write to celebrate their cultures, heritage, and the magic that comes from gathering at a powwow. There are dancers, fry-bread cooks, t-shirt sellers, jewelry makers, and so many that are there just to see their family and friends. There's kids who have spent their whole lives going to powwows, and kids who are going for the first time. Readers will meet: a bus full of Choctaw elders for an epic road trip (which seriously needs to become a movie); a Rez Dog who lives life unleashed; a young detective (who needs her own series); kids who are confident and secure in their Native identity; kids who are struggling to find and understand what it means to be Native; families that come in all shapes and sizes; and, most importantly, love and acceptance and encouragement.
Ancestor Approved is more than just a slogan on the t-shirt the dog is wearing. It means that you have found a way to connect the past, the present, and the future.