What the Eagle Sees
Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
Description
"There is no death. Only a change of worlds.鈥� 鈥擟hief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief
What do people do when their civilization is invaded? Indigenous people have been faced with disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation. Despite crushing losses and insurmountable challenges, they formed new nations from the remnants of old ones, they adopted new ideas and built on them, they fought back, and they kept their cultures alive.
When the only possible 鈥渧ictory鈥� was survival, they survived.
In this brilliant follow up to Turtle Island, esteemed academic Eldon Yellowhorn and award-winning author Kathy Lowinger team up again, this time to tell the stories of what Indigenous people did when invaders arrived on their homelands. What the Eagle Sees shares accounts of the people, places, and events that have mattered in Indigenous history from a vastly underrepresented perspective鈥攁n Indigenous viewpoint.
*A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Awards
- Joint winner, Best Books of the Year List, Quill & Quire 2019
- Joint winner, Best of 2019 List, Book Links 2019
- Joint winner, Nerdies Award 2019
- Joint winner, Best Books List, CBC Books 2019
- Joint winner, Top 30 Choices for Classrooms, Booklist 2020
- Joint winner, Kirkus Reviews Best Books 2019
- Short-listed, Foreword INDIES Book Awards 2020
- Short-listed, Sheila A. Egoff Children鈥檚 Literature Prize 2020
- Runner-up, Nautilus Book Awards, Silver 2020
- Joint winner, Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold 2020
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Book Award 2020
- Joint winner, Skipping Stones Honor Award 2020
- Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award 2021
Reviews
鈥淎 standout overview . . . Visually engaging . . . a fine introduction . . . Sections in each chapter labeled 鈥淚magine鈥� are especially powerful in helping young readers empathize with Indigenous loss. Essential.鈥�
- Kirkus Reviews, *starred review, 08/18/19
鈥淎 worthy and important addition to the historical record.鈥�
- Booklist, *starred review, 10/15/19
鈥淎 brilliant introduction . . . An important read for everyone eleven years and older. It should be mandatory reading for all educators.鈥�
- Library Matters, 11/07/19
鈥淪killfully weaves together facts and myth.鈥�
- Youth Services Book Review, 11/12/19
鈥淎 rare and extraordinary look . . . Informative and important, this book should be placed beside Turtle Island in every school library.鈥�
- Sal鈥檚 Fiction Addiction, 11/12/19
鈥淎n essential addition for a library that is trying to build a diverse and culturally responsible collection.鈥�
- School Library Connection, 01/20
鈥淭he combination of modern and historical insight is extremely effective. A valuable resource for anyone seeking to learn more about Indigenous history and a vital purchase for all collections.鈥�
- School Library Journal, *starred review, 12/01/19
鈥淗ighly engaging and educational.鈥�
- Union-Bulletin, 12/26/19
鈥淭imely and imperative reading for middle schoolers and anyone needing a primer on Indigenous history.鈥�
- Ormsby Review, 05/15/20