Shards of Silence indigenous thinking learn about the history of

learn about the history of Oregon through the stories of the Indigenous peoples of the Willamette Valley

The stories appear in both English and Anishinaabemowin

Meryl McMaster

and identity as a Native woman in America

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Shards of Silence indigenous thinking learn about the history ofIn his first YA novel, award winning author Brian Lee Young (Din) bridges the generational divide between a Navajo teen at an elite prep school and his great grandmother's experience at a federal boarding school for Indigenous students. The book is an eye opening call for community healing and a profound coming of age story. Even if it hurts to leave behind his friends and family in Navajo, New Mexico especially his great grandmother, Mildred Derrick