{"product_id":"indio-no-mas-paperback","title":"Indio No Más - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlene Willing McManis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTraci Sorell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLuisana Duarte Armendáriz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Indian Youth Literature Award Winner - American Indian Library Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCuando la tribu Umpqua de Regina es terminada legalmente y su familia debe mudarse de Oregón a Los Ángeles, ella se embarca en una búsqueda para comprender su identidad como india a pesar de estar tan lejos de casa\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa familia de Regina Petit siempre ha sido Umpqua, y vivir en la reserva de la tribu Grand Ronde es todo lo que Regina, de diez años, ha conocido. Su mayor preocupación es que Sasquatch pueda existir en el bosque. Pero cuando el gobierno federal promulga una ley que dice que la tribu de Regina ya no existe, Regina se convierte en \"india no más\" de la noche a la mañana, a pesar de que vive con su tribu y practica las costumbres tribales, y aunque sus antepasados fueron indígenas durante incontables generaciones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAhora que se han visto obligados a abandonar su tierra natal, el padre de Regina inscribe a la familia en el Programa federal de reubicación de indígenas y los traslada a Los Ángeles. Regina encuentra un mundo completamente nuevo en su vecindario en 58th Place. Nunca ha conocido a niños de otras razas, y ellos nunca han conocido a un indio de verdad. Por primera vez en su vida, Regina se enfrenta cara a cara con la crueldad del racismo, personalmente y hacia sus nuevos amigos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMientras tanto, su padre cree que si trabaja duro, su familia será tratada como estadounidenses blancos. Pero no es tan fácil. Es 1957, durante la era de los Derechos Civiles, y la familia lucha sin su comunidad tribal ni su tierra. Al menos Regina tiene a su abuela, Chich, y sus historias. Al menos están todos juntos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEn esta conmovedora novela de grado medio basada en la propia historia tribal de la autora de Umpqua, Charlene Willing McManis, Regina debe averiguar:  Quién es Regina Petit?  Es india, americana o ambas?  Y ella y su familia alguna vez estarán bien?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde Tribe's reservation is all ten-year old Regina has ever known. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. But when the federal government enacts a law that says Regina's tribe no longer exists, Regina becomes \"Indian no more\" overnight--even though she lives with her tribe and practices tribal customs, and even though her ancestors were Indian for countless generations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow that they've been forced from their homeland, Regina's father signs the family up for the federal Indian Relocation Program and moves them to Los Angeles. Regina finds a whole new world in her neighborhood on 58th Place. She's never met kids of other races, and they've never met a real Indian. For the first time in her life, Regina comes face-to-face with the viciousness of racism, personally and toward her new friends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, her father believes that if he works hard, their family will be treated just like white Americans. But it's not that easy. It's 1957, during the Civil Rights era, and the family struggles without their tribal community and land. At least Regina has her grandmother, Chich, and her stories. At least they are all together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this moving middle-grade novel drawing upon Umpqua author Charlene Willing McManis's own tribal history, Regina must find out: Who is Regina Petit? Is she Indian, American, or both? And will she and her family ever be okay?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuisana Duarte Armendáriz \u003c\/b\u003egrew up on the Juárez, Mexico\/El Paso, Texas border. A writer and translator, Luisana earned her BA from the University of Texas at El Paso and her MA\/MFA in Children's Literature and Writing for Children from Simmons University in Boston. She won the 2018 Lee \u0026amp; Low Books\/Tu Books New Visions Award for her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eJulieta and the Diamond Enigma\u003c\/i\u003e. Find out more at luisanaduarte.com.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraci Sorell\u003c\/b\u003e writes fiction and nonfiction books as well as poems for children. Her lyrical story in verse, \u003ci\u003eAt the Mountain's Base\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre (Kokila, 2019), celebrates the bonds of family and the history of history-making women pilots, including Millie Rexroat (Oglala Lakota). Her middle grade novel, \u003ci\u003eIndian No More\u003c\/i\u003e, with Charlene Willing McManis (Tu Books, 2019), explores the impact of federal termination and relocation policies on an Umpqua family in the 1950s. Traci's debut nonfiction picture book, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Frané Lessac (Charlesbridge, 2018), won a Sibert Honor, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor and an Orbis Pictus Honor. It also received starred reviews from \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e. A former federal Indian law attorney and policy advocate, she is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and lives in northeastern Oklahoma where her tribe is located. For more about Traci and her other works, visit www.tracisorell.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.4 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47309028458745,"sku":"9781643796529","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pHn0No64na9781643796529.webp?v=1769355640","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/indio-no-mas-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}