Indio No Más

American Indian Youth Literature Award, American Indian Library Association

Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Editors' Choices for Books for Youth, Booklist

Global Read-Aloud Choices, American Library Association

Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)

Best Books of 2019, American Indians in Children's Literature

Amelia Bloomer Project - Feminist Task Force, American Library Association (ALA)

Cuando la tribu Umpqua de Regina es terminada legalmente y su familia debe mudarse de Oreg?n a Los ?ngeles, ella se embarca en una b?squeda para comprender su identidad como india a pesar de estar tan lejos de casa.

When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.

La familia de Regina Petit siempre ha sido Umpqua, y vivir en la reserva de la tribu Grand Ronde es todo lo que Regina, de diez a?os, ha conocido. Su mayor preocupaci?n es que Sasquatch pueda existir en el bosque. Pero cuando el gobierno federal promulga una ley que dice que la tribu de Regina ya no existe, Regina se convierte en "india no m?s" de la noche a la ma?ana, a pesar de que vive con su tribu y practica las costumbres tribales, y aunque sus antepasados fueron ind?genas durante incontables generaciones.

Ahora que se han visto obligados a abandonar su tierra natal, el padre de Regina inscribe a la familia en el Programa federal de reubicaci?n de ind?genas y los traslada a Los ?ngeles. Regina encuentra un mundo completamente nuevo en su vecindario en 58th Place. Nunca ha conocido a ni?os de otras razas, y ellos nunca han conocido a un indio de verdad. Por primera vez en su vida, Regina se enfrenta cara a cara con la crueldad del racismo, personalmente y hacia sus nuevos amigos.

Mientras tanto, su padre cree que si trabaja duro, su familia ser? tratada como estadounidenses blancos. Pero no es tan f?cil. Es 1957, durante la era de los Derechos Civiles, y la familia lucha sin su comunidad tribal ni su tierra. Al menos Regina tiene a su abuela, Chich, y sus historias. Al menos est?n todos juntos.

En esta conmovedora novela de grado medio basada en la propia historia tribal de la autora de Umpqua, Charlene Willing McManis, Regina debe averiguar: Qui?n es Regina Petit? Es india, americana o ambas? Y ella y su familia alguna vez estar?n bien?

Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde Tribe's reservation is all ten-year old Regina has ever known. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. But when the federal government enacts a law that says Regina's tribe no longer exists, Regina becomes "Indian no more" overnight--even though she lives with her tribe and practices tribal customs, and even though her ancestors were Indian for countless generations.

Now that they've been forced from their homeland, Regina's father signs the family up for the federal Indian Relocation Program and moves them to Los Angeles. Regina finds a whole new world in her neighborhood on 58th Place. She's never met kids of other races, and they've never met a real Indian. For the first time in her life, Regina comes face-to-face with the viciousness of racism, personally and toward her new friends.

Meanwhile, her father believes that if he works hard, their family will be treated just like white Americans. But it's not that easy. It's 1957, during the Civil Rights era, and the family struggles without their tribal community and land. At least Regina has her grandmother, Chich, and her stories. At least they are all together.

In this moving middle-grade novel drawing upon Umpqua author Charlene Willing McManis's own tribal history, Regina must find out: Who is Regina Petit? Is she Indian, American, or both? And will she and her family ever be okay?