Having spent years with the Potawatomy, she wrote her first Middle grade book. Cady and the Bear Necklace. She explains how she worked with an illustrator to create this book to showcase the arts and the creativity of these people.
Learn more about Ann Dallman’s Middle Grade books at www.anndallman.com.
More links to learn about Native American issues: www.rochellemelander.com/teaching-cady-and-the-search-for-family/, www.nativehope.org/, Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition: miwsac.org, and National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center: niwrc.org
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