Uses question and answer format to describe life for Indian children long ago, as they learned to preserve their culture and prepared for adulthood.

Discover how Native American children learned to become adult members of their tribes, and explore the different ways that tribes raised their children.

"An adoptee reconnects with the Lakota family and culture she was born into-- and nurtures a new tradition that helps others to do the same." --

"This is the story of the children's books of the last century beautifully illustrated by Native American artists." "In the era beginning with the 1920s, a quiet revolution was stirring the U.S. federal government's approach to Indian education. Radical for its time, the Bureau of Indian Affairs adopted a policy that brought together writers, ethnologists, linguists, and emerging Indian artists to create and illustrate a literature for Indian students...