Widespread non-enrollment of Indigenous children contributes to a widespread identity crisis among native youth and raises the question of whether independent, sovereign Indigenous nations will survive.

We all have influence over the young people in our lives. But how many of us really see ourselves as “mentors”? And how can mentoring relationships of all kinds directly address the impacts of race, class, gender, sexuality and other factors on young people’s identities and experiences?

How do you choose children’s books about Native peoples? Because most of us were socialized and educated to think of Native peoples in narrow and biased ways, we typically don't recognize how deeply flawed they are.