Native Voting Rights and Sovereignty: Recognizing Indigenous Voices in Government

Description: "Treaties with tribal nations have often been broken, and lands and rights of Indigenous peoples have often been taken away. Learn the history of tribal nations in North America and how activists are fighting for Native rights"--

Brief description: Born and raised in White Earth, Minnesota, Cayla Bellanger DeGroat is an enrolled member of Gaa-waabaabiganikaag, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. She is a life-long student of Indigenous history and federal Indian policy with a Bachelor of Arts in American Indian Studies and Master of Tribal Administration and Governance from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

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"Readers will explore the advocacy efforts that prompted sports teams to change their names, the protection of sacred lands by the government, and the near halting of an oil pipeline. . . . A well-researched and accessible resource, perfect for any library."--School Library Journal