About the Author
Yvonne Wakim Dennis is an award winning author of
non-fiction books for children and adults, many coauthored with
Arlene Hirschfelder. Dennis interweaves environmental justice into
all she writes and credits her diverse family (Cherokee/Sand
Hill/Syrian) for piquing her interest in an inclusive and
multicultural world. Although most of her publications have been
about Indigenous peoples of the U.S., she has also penned books
about the many different cultures of America. She serves as the
Education Director for the Children’s Cultural Center of Native
America and is a board director of Nitchen, Inc. an advocacy
organization for Indigenous families in the New York City metro
area. In 2014, Dennis received the National Arab American Museum’s
Best Children’s Book of the Year Honor (A Kid’s Guide to Arab
American History), a Sanaka Award and the David Chow Humanitarian
Award.
Arlene Hirschfelder is the author or editor of over
twenty-five books about Native peoples, including Native Americans:
A History in Pictures and The Extraordinary Book of Native American
Lists. She and Yvonne Dennis have authored five books together,
including the award-winning Children of Native America Today and A
Kid's Guide to Native American History. She worked at the
Association on American Indian Affairs (a civil rights
organization), for over 20 years and has years of experience
consulting with publishers, museums, schools, and universities. In
addition to being an author, Hirschfelder is series editor of It
Happened to Me,” which includes 46 nonfiction books (and still
counting) for teen readers and is published by Rowman &
Littlefield.
Shannon Rothenberger Flynn has authored lifestyle and design
books for Hearst and contributed writing and editorial services to
The Native Americansan Illustrated History, which became a cable
network series. She was project editor for the Scholastic
Encyclopedia of the North American Indian and served as Native
American consultant on books for young readers. Flynn teaches
writing at Dutchess Community College and English at Westchester
Community College in New York. She also writes and performs stories
with the TMI Project in Ulster County, New York, where she
lives.
Reviews
“Highly Recommended. Though there are many reference works relating
to Native Americans, one is hard pressed to find a more
comprehensive, affordable text written with such understanding and
sensitivity to Native American indigeneity—a reflection of the
authors' cumulative decades of research and writing and in-depth
experience of Native history, culture, and affairs.” —Choice
“... a general resource, a look at the people and cultures of
America’s indigenous peoples, both past and present.” —Denver
Post
“... hefty softcover resource presents an overview of the many
indigenous nations, tribes, language groups, and cultures ...
accessible for teens and for general audiences as a
modestly-priced, strong, one-volume introduction to the topic, or
as a starting point for further research.” —VOYA
“... a sweeping historical overview of Native communities ...
provides a wealth of information about all aspects of Native
American life.” —New York Journal of Books
“... succeeds simply by conveying the legitimacy and
distinctiveness of hundreds of nations, their cultures, their
languages, and more. Recommended ...” —Booklist
“...provides a solid beginning for students as well as general
readers with no background in Native American studies.” —Library
Journal
“This is a book that belongs in every Indian education program.”
—IC Magazine: A Publication of the Center for World Indigenous
Studies
“The subtitle suggests the inclusive scope of this magisterial
volume ...” —Chronogram
“... the most comprehensive, the most affordable, one-volume
reference on Native American history, the people and the nations
who helped make our nation.” —SirReadALot.org
“… the most comprehensive, affordable, one-volume reference on
Native American people, covering Native American history,
contemporary culture, important events and figures, languages,
arts, and much more. …” – Protoview Book News