FAQs

Are you available for interviews & speaking engagements?

Please contact Molly Ellis, Executive Director of Publicity at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, for interviews.
- molly.ellis@macmillan.com

Please contact Christie Hinrichs, Director of Authors Unbound, for speaking engagements.
- christie@authorsunbound.com

I think I’m Native American. How do I learn more?

Please call the Bureau of Indian Affairs at (202) 208-3710 or visit their website at www.indianaffairs.gov.

The BIA has a helpful guide titled: "A Guide to Tracing American Indian & Alaska Native Ancestry"

An excellent resource is the book, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask”, by Anton Treuer.

Can you draft a land acknowledgement or answer cultural research questions?

No. Native tribes, communities, and peoples are not a monolith. There are 574 federally recognized Indian tribes (American Indian and Alaska Native). This number does not include historic or state recognized tribes, nor does it include Native Hawaiians. Each tribe has their own history, government, traditions and customs.

You need to do the work to find the appropriate people in your area.