Meet Christopher: An Osage Indian Boy from Oklahoma is a 2008 book by Genevieve Simermeyer for middle school students.
The book tells the story of Christopher Cote who attends the annual In-lon-shka gathering where he and his family celebrate their Osage heritage by dancing, eating, and wearing traditional garments.[1][2] Christopher also engages in year-round activities to help keep his people's culture vibrant, such as studying the Osage language at a weekly class at his local public library.[3][4]
Meet Christopher is the fourth book in the National Museum of the American Indian's My World: Young Native Americans Today series.[1] Illustrated with photographs by Katherine Fogden, it won the 2010 American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Middle School Book.[3] As of 2006, the author, Genevieve Simermeyer, was the school programs manager for the museum.[5]
References
- ^ a b Crosetto, Alice; Garcha, Rajinder (2013). Native North Americans in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12. Scarecrow Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780810891906.
- ^ "Meet Christopher". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ a b Reese, Debbie (January 18, 2010). "Third American Indian Youth Literature Awards announced by American Indian Library Association". American Indians in Children's Literature. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "What We Are Reading". NIEA News. Summer 2010. p. 21.
- ^ Ruckdaschel, M. (July 13, 2006). "Seminar focuses on teaching of Ojibwe history, culture". The Bemidji Pioneer. Retrieved February 13, 2022.