Contenders : Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series Oral History/Traditions David has dedicated over 40

David has dedicated over 40 years of his life to the revitalization and rebirth of Tsimshian arts and culture

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Recommended reading for grades 3 and up

It honors the generations of Indigenous people who had the foresight to take essential aspects of their cultural life and spiritual beliefs underground in order to save them

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Contenders : Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series Oral History/Traditions David has dedicated over 40The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series. This picture book teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports. Charles Bender grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota. John Meyers was raised on the Cahuilla reservation in Southern