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Rattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American Childhood

By EdNah New Rider Weber

Illustrated by Richela Renkun

9781584302315


After her beloved Grandmother dies, EdNah, a seven-year-old Pawnee girl, goes to live with a father she hardly knows on a Navajo reservation miles away. Heartbroken but resilient, she begins to create a new life for herself in this unfamiliar place.

Just as EdNah starts to feel at home in her new surroundings, she is sent away to a strict government-run Indian school. With her world turned upside down once again, EdNah must learn to rely on herself and her newfound community of friends.

Told in the unconventional voice of a seasoned storyteller, Rattlesnake Mesa is a true account of a girl coming-of-age during a complex time in America’s past. Both heartbreaking and humorous, you will be moved to tears and laughter as you experience EdNah’s spirited celebration of life as a healing.

Booktalk with creators EdNah New Rider Weber and Richela Renkun

Awards
"Choices"
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Notable Books for a Global Society
International Reading Association

Skipping Stones Award
Skipping Stone Magazine

Best Children's Books of the Year
Bank Street College of Education

Children's Book Award Notable
International Reading Association

More awards...
Interest Level
Grades 4 - 12
Reading Level
Grade 4
Themes
Biography, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Coping with Death, Discrimination, Native American Interest, Overcoming Obstacles, Poetry, Self Esteem/Identity, YA interest, Middle Grade
About the Creators

EdNah New Rider Weber "Wolf Clan Woman," is a respected Native American elder and storyteller. She was born into the Skidi band of the Pawnee Nation and raised on the Crown Point Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. Weber has traveled all over the United States sharing stories of her childhood and life. She is also a gifted beadworker whose work has been recognized internationally and is featured in Lois Sherr Dubin's preeminent North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment. Weber lives with her family in Tucson, Arizona.

Richela Renkun is a graduate of New York University, where she majored in the performing arts. She brings her film and theater background to her photographic storytelling. Photographing Native American subjects holds a special place in Renkun's heart, and she has been honored by the Lakota with her own Indian name, "Loves Her Horses Woman." Renkun lives with her family and their horses in Vermont.

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