Hey! Thanks for the shout out. If you’re in Durham, NC I will be at IndigiPopX at Duke University all day.

Join me at the Indigipop Expo this weekend at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Will be around all weekend. More details here: www.indigipopx.com

I'm traveling to Tahlequah, Oklahoma this weekend to be part of SkasdiCon, a Native American themed comic/pop culture convention. Will have a vendor booth and present a how-to panel on creating and publishing your own comics! If you're in the area, check it out! www.skasdicon.com

If you're an Eisner Award voter please consider "INKS, The Journal of the Comics Studies Society" in the Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism category. My comic book work is featured. You can also check out the issue online (FOR FREE) here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53356

Comic illustration of front of car and tire with the word "ding!"

@arigonstarr.bsky.social sky.social and @bernarsk.bsky.social sky.social‬ examine the power of memory in a recent issue of INKS, an #EisnerAward finalist in the Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism category.

Read the issue here: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/53356 @projectmuse.bsky.social

We want to take a moment to express how proud we are of you, America. You have stood up and spoken out every step of the way—especially when Congress and the media remained silent. When we called for help, you answered.

Operation ICE Ride-Along isn’t going as planned. 🔥

Fox News tagged along with ICE, hoping for an exclusive look at “dangerous criminals.” Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing. No threats, no big arrests—just a community that wasn’t having it. The narrative is falling apart.

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

Federal health workers terrified after 'DEI' website publishes list of 'targets' Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies.

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” The website lists mostly Black employees.

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Thank you! A U.S. District Judge has approved requests from anonymous federal employees to proceed under pseudonyms in multiple cases against the Trump administration to protect themselves from potential harassment and threats.

Native American creator Arigon Starr with her American Indian Library Association Award.

Thanks to all the wonderful folks at the American Indian Library Association for the 2024 Picture Book Honor for "Contenders." The Awards ceremony was held in Phoenix, AZ and I felt thrilled to be included. Appreciate you all!

He lit the path.
Keep walking it—don’t stop now.

Thanks for sharing my song. Wow!

Flyer with information for 2024 AILA Youth Literature Awards in Phoenix, AZ on January 25, 2025.

Two Native baseball players on the cover of children's book "Contenders."

Will attend the American Indian Youth Literature Awards in Phoenix, Arizona on January 25th to receive a Picture Book honor for my illustration work on "Contenders." Excited to celebrate with all the other talented Native creators. @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Comanche Nation Denounces EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books

I know that lot of people like Empire of the Summer Moon, but did you know the Comanche Nation denounced it? americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2024/10/coma...

AICL'S YEAR IN REVIEW: 2024 Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books

Our annual Best Books list is ready! We invite you to look it over, write to me if you have questions about anything, and share the list in your own networks!

americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2024/12/aicl...

Here's a sample of book covers for books you'll find on our list.

I hope you'll be there, Debbie! Looking forward to the event. YAY for "Contenders" and all the recipients!

🇺🇸Today, we remember those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor 83 years ago. We shall remain eternally grateful for their service, and forever honor their memory.

Blue background with clouds with Super Indian flying through the air.

Excited that "Super Indian Volume Three" has been included on the "Best Books of 2024" by the American Indians in Children's Literature editors. Check out all the winners here: americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2024/12/aicl...