Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship and heritage.

Native families from Nations across the continent gather at the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Yoto Says: Featuring the voices of Native writers, this collection of intersecting stories bursts with hope, joy, the strength of community, and Native pride.

Edited 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.

Young protagonists will meet relatives from faraway, mysterious strangers, and sometimes one another (plus one scrappy rez dog).

They are the heroes of their own stories.

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