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Everything you wanted to know about Indians but were afraid to ask : young readers edition

2021

Format:	Book
Author:	Treuer, Anton, author.
Title:	Everything you wanted to know about Indians but were afraid to ask : young readers edition / Anton Treuer.

Edition:	Young readers edition.
Publisher, Date:	Montclair : Levine Querido, 2021.
Description:	xv, 383 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary:	A "book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from 'Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?' to 'Why is it called a traditional Indian fry bread taco?' to 'What's it like for Natives who don't look Native?' to 'Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?' and beyond, [this book] does exactly what its title says for young readers"--Publisher marketing.
Notes:	"Based on the [adult-level] book [of the same name] ... published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012"--Copyright page. "This is an Arthur A. Levine book"--Copyright page. Includes filmography and bibliographical references (pages 352-355) and index.
Contents:	Terminology -- History -- Religion, culture, & identity -- Powwow -- Tribal languages -- Politics -- Economics -- Education -- Social activism -- Perspectives: coming to terms and future directions -- Finding ways to make a difference.

Subjects:	Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History -- Juvenile literature. Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. Indians in popular culture -- Juvenile literature. Children's questions and answers.

ISBN:	9781646140459 (hardcover) 1646140451 (hardcover)
Control Number:	1894167

Local Availability (physical copies):	30 (of 36)
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