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Home to Medicine Mountain Paperback - 2002

by Chiori Santiago; Judith Lowry (Illustrator)

The 1999 American Book Award winner is now available in paperback. In the 1930s two young brothers are sent to a government-run Indian residential school where children are forbidden to speak their native tongue and are taught to abandon their Indian ways. This is the bittersweet story of the boys' journey home one summer and the healing power of their culture. Full-color illustrations.

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American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation
Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Stones Magazine

Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer.

Two young brothers are separated from their family and sent to live in a government-run Indian residential school in the 1930s-an experience shared by generations of Native American children throughout North America. At these schools, children were forbidden to speak their Indian languages and made to unlearn their Indian ways. Sadly, they were often not able to go home to their families for summer vacation.

Native American artist Judith Lowry based this story on the experiences of her father and her Uncle Stanley. Judith and author Chiori Santiago tenderly relate how Stanley and Benny Len found their way home by train one summer. Inspired by their dreams of home and the memories of their grandmother's stories, the boys embark on an adventurous journey from the harsh residential school to their triumphant welcome home at Susanville, California, in the shadow of Yo-Tim Yamne (Medicine Mountain).

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BENNY LEN STARED OUT the window.

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  • Title Home to Medicine Mountain
  • Author Chiori Santiago; Judith Lowry (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Children's Book Press (CA)
  • Date October 16, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780892391769 / 0892391766
  • Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 9.62 x 0.12 in (21.59 x 24.43 x 0.30 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 620
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Boarding schools - Fiction, Boarding schools
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97052987
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Chiori Santiago was an accomplished journalist who wrote for national magazines about the art, music and family life of people from many parts of the world. Always active in community affairs, she was also an arts and music commentator for public television and radio. Chiori died in 2007.

Judith Lowry is a nationally exhibited painter of Mountain Maidu, Hamawi Pit-River, and Australian descent. Considered one of California's premiere contemporary Native American artists, she is inspired by the stories passed down in her family. Judith lives in Nevada City, California.

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