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Kindred Spirits/Shilombish Ittibachvffa
Leslie Stall Widener
Illustrator: Johnson Yazzie
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 978-1-62354-396-9
Keywords: History-History, United States, Irish Potato Famine, Trail of Tears, Covid 19 pandemic, kindness, charity, empathy
In 1847 the Choctaw Nation's compassion for the suffering of the people of Ireland began decades of reciprocal giving, most recently including the Hopi and Navajo Nations. Evocative illustrations.