Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage Arctic Winner of the 2018 Moonbeam

Winner of the 2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction--General and the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Honors Award

such as smudge sticks and prayer ties

This book is on the list of recommended Aboriginal titles developed by staff of the (SOLS) Southern Ontario Library Service and the Ontario Library Service North for the Aboriginal Library Book Investment by the Ontario Ministry of Culture into the Ontario Public Libraries

who investigates the drug overdoses of young people in her community

A great read aloud for storytime and picture book for elementary school readers

Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage Arctic Winner of the 2018 MoonbeamAnita Kunz has painted women and written down their stories. Foreword by Roxane Gay. The result is a magnificent feat of historical research and artistic achievement. Indigenous women are Maria Tallchief, Osage Nation; Autumn Peltier, Wikwwemikong Unceded Territory Anishinabek Nation; Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii; Emily Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake, Mohawk; Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Northern Cheyenne; Ada Blackjack, Inupiat; and Anna Mae Aquash, Mikmaq.