Native Lands and Sacred Places: Reclaiming and Protecting Native Lands

Description: "For Native American nations, land is sacred. Readers learn about the importance of sacred sites. They also discover how Native peoples are reclaiming their ancestral lands with the Land Back movement"--

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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"While addressing historical atrocities and injustices, the focus is placed on the efforts to address these issues in the present day, emphasizing their ongoing relevance rather than treating them as events of the past . . . A compelling series that sheds light on the modern-day consequences of historical injustices."--School Library Journal