We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Tracy Sorell

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 US government not recognizing tribes as nations), Native urban relocation (from reservations), self-determination (tribal self-empowerment), Native civil rights, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), religious freedom, economic development (including casino development), Native language revival efforts, cultural persistence, and nationhood.

Hardcover

40 Pages

ISBN: 1623541921 

About the author: Traci Sorell is the award-winning author of We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, which received a Sibert honor, a Boston Globe-Horn Book honor, an American Indian Youth Literature Award (AIYLA) honor, and an Orbis Pictus honor. She also wrote St the Mountain's Base, an AIYLA honor book, and co-authored Indian No More, an AIYLA winner. She has penned poems for anthologies such as Thanku: Poems of Gratitude and No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History. Traci earned a law degree and has worked for Native advocacy groups in the past. She was born and raised in the Cherokee Nation and is raising her son there, too. 

Image description: The cover features an illustration of a diverse group of children walking together. They are holding various flags; they appear to be tribal flags. The individuals are depicted with different skin tones and hair colors, and one is in a wheelchair, emphasizing inclusivity. The background has a blue ground with colorful trees, and a teal-colored sky with the title and subtitle printed in it. The author's and illustrator's name are printed at the bottom of the cover.