Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People

Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First PeopleUnlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre contact. The title, Turtle Island, refers to a Native myth that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archaeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous

the comic turn suddenly tragic

“Most Indians Are on Government Welfare”

repetition

the book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction

I cannot tell you why I loved this book

“A Native American woman detective is called to the local museum to investigate a murder

and the promise of their becoming

the Lost Colony of Roanoke

To gather all these essential pieces

Ray Young Bear

As she writes

Native Nations say: We are still here