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Josie Dances

Denise Lajimodiere

Illustrator: Angela Erdrich

Ages: 6+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press

ISBN: 978-1-68134-207-8

Keywords: Native Americans, intergenerational, Powwow

To dance in the next powwow, Josie asks the women in her Ojibwe family - mom, aunty, and Grandma Greatwalker - to help create her regalia. Colorful watercolor illustrations, glossary, map.