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Engage with Community

Encourage students to discover and partake in the rich and deep social connections offered by community.
By: National Education Association
Published: September 12, 2024

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Elementary

Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow

Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow

Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow

by Nicholas DeShaw

Curious about where her boy is going with tempting ribbons sewn on his clothes, Loaf leaves home and follows him to the powwow.
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Middle Grade

Red Bird Danced

Red Bird Danced

Red Bird Danced

by Dawn Quigley

Eleven-year-old Ariel and her twelve-year-old neighbor Tomah live in a large urban intertribal housing complex where they both feel the loss of Auntie Bineshiinh who is missing but find beauty and strength in their community and their gifts of dance and storytelling.
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Young Adult

Looking for Smoke

Looking for Smoke

Looking for Smoke

by K. A. Cobell

During the annual Indian Days celebration, Loren, Brody, Eli, and newcomer Mara each become a person of interest in a murder investigation on the Blackfeet Reservation.
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