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2022 Picture Book honor
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As a little girl, Jolyana Begay-Kroupa dreamed of becoming Miss Navajo. After years of learning the language, culture, and traditions, her chance finally comes to take on the important role.The skills she learned help her in tough competitions but will they be enough to earn her the crown of Miss Navajo? Witness the inspiring true story of what it takes to become Miss Navajo and how the competition is only the beginning. Filled with pictures taken...
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2012 Young Adult winner
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A memoir in which Adam Fortunate Eagle, one of the leaders of the Native American takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, provides an account of his experiences as a student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota between 1935 and 1945.
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2008 General winner
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Meet Joseph Medicine Crow, a man raised in two worlds: according to the Crow Indian traditions and according to White man's rules.