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Apple: Skin to the Core
Eric Gansworth
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1-64614-013-8
Keywords: American Indian, Tuscarora, Onondago, cultural dislocation, Rez schooling, identity, heritage
An Onondaga writer/artist growing up among the Tuscarora shares his memories of unrelenting lifetime struggles with cultural dislocation. Vivified with his poetry, artwork, and family photographs.