I enjoy hearing about Native American Traditions. I grew up near a Reservation. One of my good friends is a member of the Oneida tribe. This story is about a girl, her dog and her uncle going to a Powwow. It went very late and she fell asleep dreaming about fancy dancers and the jingle dress, a traditional dancers dress. ( )

This book is beautifully written and illustrated with vivid colors and pictures. It's about a little Ojibwe girl who gathers stories from her uncle about traditions from a long time ago, dances, sharing, and thankfulness. Her uncle's stories about the pow-wow ceremony inspire her to dream about a bow-wow pow-wow where all the dancers are dogs. In her dream, she sees traditional dancers, grass dancers, fancy dancers, and jingle dress dancers. She learns the important meaning behind a pow-wow. We celebrate the songs, dances, our people, healing, and history. ( )

This story combines past and present representation of Ojibwe culture through the eyes of a little girl and her dog. During a Powwow, she imagines the history of her people told by her uncle with one little twist; the people are replaced by dogs walking on two legs in traditional clothing with traditional weapons.

Typical representation of Native Americans usually consists of only telling the past from a very straight-forward perspective, but this story combines history with a playful story. It is refreshing to see Native Americans portrayed as they are today rather than only seen as peoples of the past.

The book is about a girl named windy girl who finds a dog who is named itchy boy. Her uncle would tell her stories in his pickup truck that included the powwow. Windy girl then has an interesting dream about a powwow and gained a new perspective on it. The illustrations are also bright and colorful. It is written in both English and Ojibwa. This would be a good book for 3rd graders and below to read. ( )

For beginning to intermediate level readers. This book tells a story of a girl and her dog, and her Uncle talks about a powwow. There is some harmful stereotypes in this book, so it should maybe be discussed. This could be a good book to have when talking about Native American culture, but defiantly with a discussion. ( )