Now that they've been forced from their homeland, Regina's father signs the family up for the federal Indian Relocation Program and moves them to Los Angeles. But when the federal government enacts a law that says Regina's tribe no longer exists, Regina becomes "Indian no more" overnight-even though she lives with her tribe and practices tribal customs, and even though her ancestors were Indian for countless generations. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde Tribe's reservation is all ten-year-old Regina has ever known. When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home. Global Read-Aloud Choices: Upper Elementary/Middle Grade, American Library Association (ALA) Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)Īmelia Bloomer Project - Feminist Task Force, American Library Association (ALA)Īmerican Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Middle Grade Book, American Library Association (ALA) Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)Įditors' Choices for Books for Youth, Booklist
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