Kohkom's First Drum short stories Wildcat contends that we have

Wildcat contends that we have created an “insulated ignorance” for ourselves

This heartwarming story by Marcie Rendon (Ojibwe)

fabulous read

as well as everygirl problems like first crushes

Kohkom's First Drum short stories Wildcat contends that we haveWhen Charlie's Kohkom asks him what the best part of his school day was, he knows right away: Indigenous drum circle! Kohkom tells him that not very long ago she was gifted her very first drum at a ceremony for children who never returned home from residential schools. But Charlie doesn't understand. How could she only have gotten her first drum so recently? Kohkom explains that she was taken from her family when she was very little because of