Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa

Kindred Spirits: Shilombish IttibachvffaA nonfiction picture book about the inspiring true pay it forward story that bridges two continents, 175 years, and two events in history connecting Ireland, Choctaw Nation, Navajo Nation, and the Hopi Tribe. 1845. The Potato Famine devastated Ireland. An ocean away, Choctaw people heard and were moved by the similarities to the injustice they had suffered on the Trail of Tears. Though they had little, they gathered money to donate. 2017. Irish people

far from roads

"—Publishers Weekly

reparations

Like Layli Longsoldier's Whereas and Simon Ortiz's from Sand Creek

Medicine Wheel Publishing publishes culturally authentic Indigenous books that invite all children

along with those of her father’s family

others from the reaches of Indigenous culture near and far

Fighting through her feelings of inadequacy

both Indigenous and European

and to present the Indigenous view of history and the land bears testimony to the tenacity and resilience of the Cherokee people

uses these pieces of her mother's life to try and understand her mother's relationship to home

This is his first whaling expedition