Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for KidsEdited by award winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride. Native families from Nations across the continent gather at the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship

says Reuben is crazy

they do not share the color of their skin

community groups

It is a systemic injustice that affects the lives of Black people

” —Aiden Thomas · “Brims with possibility

And when the tragedy of 9/11 strikes

Celebrating all that makes us unique and different

As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery

Albums featured: Kurtis Blow (self-titled

is the first in a unique and exciting series of chapter books for children

One of those descendants

Paperback - An unapologetically African-centered monograph that reveals physical and spiritual forms and systems of female power and leadership in African cultures