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Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel
Cheyenne M. Stone and Glenda Armand
Illustrator: Katie Dorame
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Little Bee Books
ISBN: 978-1-4998-1466-8
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Native American, California Missions, Spanish colonialists, Kizh Nation
In 1785 Toypurina led an unsuccessful rebellion against the Spanish, who encouraged her people to join the San Gabriel mission and then mistreated them. Strong, detailed illustrations. Back matter.