Stealing Little Moon The Legacy of t..., Dan SaSuWeh Jones
Stealing Little Moon The Legacy of t..., Dan SaSuWeh Jones
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Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

Author: Dan SaSuWeh Jones

Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Dan SaSuWeh Jones, Denise K. Lajimodiere

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2024

Synopsis

"Stealing Little Moon is both a moving family saga and an expertly told true story that all Americans should know." -Steve Sheinkin, New York Times bestselling author of Bomb and UndefeatedLittle Moon There Are No Stars Tonight was four years old when armed federal agents showed up at her home and took her from her family. Under the authority of the government, she was sent away to a boarding school specifically created to strip her of her Ponca culture and teach her the ways of white society. Little Moon was one of thousands of Indigenous children forced to attend these schools across America and give up everything they'd ever known: family, friends, toys, clothing, food, customs, even their language. She would be the first of four generations of her family who would go to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School.Dan SaSuWeh Jones chronicles his family's time at Chilocco--starting with his grandmother Little Moon's arrival when the school first opened and ending with him working on the maintenance crew when the school shut down nearly one hundred years later. Together with the voices of students from other schools, both those who died and those who survived, Dan brings to light the lasting legacy of the boarding school era.Part American history, part family history, Stealing Little Moon is a powerful look at the miseducation and the mistreatment of Indigenous kids, while celebrating their strength, resiliency, and courage--and the ultimate failure of the United States government to erase them.

About Dan SaSuWeh Jones

Dan SaSuWeh Jones is the author of Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories and was a storyteller and consultant for National Geographic Encyclopedia of the American Indian. A former Chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and member of the Producers Guild of America, he is also a filmmaker who has produced work for Sesame Street, NBC, TBS, and other national and international networks. He worked as an honorary Imagineer and consultant for the Walt Disney Company's Disney America theme park and as a field producer for the television miniseries 500 Nations, produced by Kevin Costner. As a bronze sculptor, he was a finalist in the competition for the American Indian Veterans Memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian on the Washington, DC, Mall. He holds a seat in the House of Warriors, a traditional Ponca Warrior Society.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on November 04, 2024

I thought I was pretty well informed on how the Indian Nations were treated, but this book added even more color and depth on the horrific ways the US government treated these people. I teach 4th graders Nebraska history, and while I feel our textbook does a surprisingly good job of making sure stud......more

Goodreads review by Zana on September 02, 2024

4.5 stars rounded up. Wow! Despite this being a Middle Grade nonfiction book, I really learned a lot! I highlighted so many passages from this book and I don't think I've highlighted so much in a setting outside of academia. Also, I think this book might be better for upper MG and the YA set because o......more

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Praise for Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian StoriesBCCB Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book AwardOklahoma Book Award Winner: Young AdultKirkus Reviews Best Middle-Grade Anthologies of 2021New York Public Library's Best Books for Kids List selection★ "Valuable both for its broad range and shivery appeal." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review★ "As awesome as these stories are, what makes this book a real treasure is the context that Jones provides for each tale... It is an intimate and enriching reading experience that will be a boon to library shelves." -- Booklist, starred review"Full of alarming phenomena -- flying heads, skeletons that leave bloody footprints, flesh-eating vampire babies -- but the telling is done in such a way that we experience the stories as eerie anecdotes and folktales rather than as disturbers of our ease... With its intermittent chills, this collection will leave readers ages 8-12 with a strong sense of the supernatural as perceived and recalled in Native American communities." -- Wall Street Journal"This crowd-pleasing anthology... [is] delivered without macabre flourish but packing a dramatic wallop." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"A frightening ride via Native American storytelling... add to your library for a diverse cultural representation of scary stories." -- School Library Journal"The narrators, Wes Studi and DeLanni Studi, both members of the Cherokee Nation... imbue their delivery with the appropriate amount of tension, suspense, and excitement, and their steady, well-paced voices will make listeners feel as if they are sitting around a fire with master storytellers... A great recommendation for young listeners who appreciate legends and myths and are looking for something that will send shivers up their spines." -- Booklist, audio review"Illustrated with pen-and-ink illustrations, the book has the distinction of added to the coterie of nightmares accessible to your children. They'll love it... Spine-chilling and horrific by turns, here's the book to hand to the kid looking for some scares and thrills." -- School Library Journal's A Fuse 8 Production

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