''#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women'' is a 2017 young adult anthology edited by

Lisa Charleyboy Lisa Charleyboy is a First Nations ( Tsilhqot’in) writer, storyteller, editor, and social entrepreneur. She is the editor-in-chief of ''Urban Native Magazine'', which focuses on popular culture from an Indigenous perspective. She makes frequent a ...

and Mary Beth Leatherdale, and published by

Annick Press Annick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks. Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000. A second editorial office was opened in Vancouver by Colleen MacMillan in 1 ...

. The content is by multiple contemporary artists from North America and Canada. It received the

American Indian Youth Literature Award The '' American Indian Library Association (AILA) awards'' are presented every two years to recognize the most outstanding contributions to children's literature by and about American Indians. The awards were established as a way to identify and ho ...

and

Norma Fleck Award The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and presented to the year's best non-fiction book for a youth aud ...

in 2018.

Themes

The book contains poems, essays, and art about what it is like to be an indigenous woman or girl. The work has broad themes of sexual and drug abuse, discrimination, and silence.

Authors

* Claire Anderson (Tlingit) *

Joanne Arnott Joanne Arnott (born 16 December 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian writer. She has conducted writing workshops across much of Canada and in Australia, including a series at the Carnegie Centre, sponsored by SFU, and has written for the Lit ...

(Métis) *

Gwen Benaway Gwen Benaway is Canadian poet and activist. As of October 2019, She was a PhD candidate in the Women & Gender Studies Institute at the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. Benaway has also written non-fiction for '' The Globe ...

(Anishinaabe/Métis) * Nathalie Bertin (Métis) *

September Big Crow September is the ninth month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. September in the Northern H ...

(Tsuu T'ina Nation) *

Maria Campbell Maria Campbell (born April 26, 1940 near Park Valley, Saskatchewan) is a Métis author, playwright, broadcaster, filmmaker, and Elder. Campbell is a fluent speaker of four languages: Cree, Michif, Western Ojibwa, and English. Four of her publ ...

(Metis) * Imajyn Cardinal (Cree/Dene) *

Adrianne Chalepah Adrianne is a given name. It is the feminine form of the male name Adrian. People named Adrianne include: * Adrianne Allen (1907–1993), English stage actress * Adrianne Baughns-Wallace (born 1944), American television journalist * Adrianne Byrd ...

(Kiowa/Apache) * Lianne Charlie (Tagé Cho Hudän) *

Dana Claxton Dana Claxton (born 1959) is a Hunkpapa, Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist. Her work looks at stereotypes, historical context, and gender studies of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, specifically those of the First ...

(Hunkpapa Lakota) *

Francine Cunningham Francine Cunningham (born 1984) is an Indigenous writer, artist, and educator. She is Cree and Métis. Her debut novel, ''On/Me'', was nominated for the BC and Yukon Book Prize for The Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. as well as Indig ...

(Cree/Métis) * Jessica Deer (Mohawk) *

Rosanna Deerchild Rosanna Deerchild is a Canadian Cree writer, poet and radio host. She is best known as host of the radio program ''Unreserved'' on CBC Radio One, a show that shares the music, cultures, and stories from indigenous people across Canada, from 2014 ...

(Cree) *

Kelly Edzerza-Bapty Kelly Edzerza-Bapty is a member of the Tāłtān Nation in Northwest British Columbia. Kelly is the founding principal of Obsidian Architecture, an Indigenous-owned and operated firm that specializes in architecture and design in the communities a ...

(Tahltan) * Melanie Fey (Diné) * Isabella Fillspipe (Oglala Lakota) *

Nahanni Fontaine Nahanni Fontaine (born 1971) is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of St. Johns in the 2016 and 2019 elections. She held the seat for the NDP after incumbent ML ...

(Anishinaabe) * Hazel Hedgecoke (Sioux/Hunkpapa/Wendat/Métis/Cherokee/Creek) * Helen Knott (Dane Zaa/Cree) *

Winona LaDuke Winona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is an American economist, environmentalist, writer and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for Vi ...

(Anishinaabe/Ojibwe) *

Cecilia Rose LaPointe Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...

(Ojibway/Métis) * Gloria Larocque Campbell Moses (Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Northern Alberta) * Winona Linn (Maliseet) * Brigitte Lacquette (Ojibwe) * Shelby Lisk (Mohawk) *

Ashton Locklear Ashton Taylor Locklear (born January 13, 1998) is a retired American artistic gymnast from North Carolina. She was a member of the gold medal-winning United States team at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and is a two-time nati ...

(Lumbee) *

Madelaine McCallum Madelaine is a feminine given name. It is a variation of the name Madeleine. It is also a surname. Individuals with the given name * Madelaine Edlund, Swedish footballer * Madelaine Newton, British actress * Madelaine Petsch, American actress ...

(Cree/Métis) *

Lee Maracle Bobbi Lee Maracle (born Marguerite Aline Carter; July 2, 1950November 11, 2021) was an Indigenous Canadian writer and academic of the Stó꞉lō nation. Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, she left formal education after grade 8 to tra ...

(Stó:lō Nation) *

Tiffany Midge Tiffany Midge (born July 2, 1965) is a Native American poet, editor, and author, who is a Hunkpapa Lakota enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux. Early life and education Midge was born to mother Alita Rose and father Herman Lloyd. Midge's ...

(Hunkpapa Lakota) * Saige Mukash (Cree) **Saige Mukash is a Cree photographer, illustrator, published writer, an ink-based artist, and an expert beader. Saige Mukuash prefers the pronouns they and them. They are from Whapmagoostui, Quebec. Saige focuses on four special categories which are racial issues, climate and the environment, LGBTQ + issues and female-identifying photographers. They started a trend on social trend on social media challenge called “Bead this in your style”, to encourage beaders of different levels to express themselves and show their design/work from one of her drawings. The challenge first started in June 2018. Saige prefers social media to showcase their work because it is easier than going to shows or events. *

Pamela J. Peters Pamela J. Peters (born 1970 – Shiprock, New Mexico) is an Indigenous multimedia documentarian from the Navajo Nation. She produces films and photography exhibitions with the intent to deconstruct stereotypes of Native Americans in the mainstr ...

(Navajo) * Ntawnis Piapot (Piapot Cree Nation) * Zoey Roy (Cree/Dene/Métis) *

Shoni Schimmel Shoni Schimmel (born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. She is a former All-American college player at the University of Louisville and was selected with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the 2014 draft by t ...

(Umatilla) * Leanne Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg) * Janet Smylie (Cree/Métis) * Tasha Spillett (Cree) *

Patty Stonefish A patty or burger (in British English) is a flattened, usually round, serving of ground meat and/or legumes, grains, vegetables, or meat alternatives. Patties are found in multiple cuisines throughout the world. In British and American En ...

(Lakota) *

DeLanna Studi DeLanna Studi is a Cherokee actress who appears in ''Dreamkeeper, DreamKeeper'' (2003), ''Edge of America'' (2003) and ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'' (2011). Early life and education Studi was born on June 4, 1976 to mother, Dea ...

(Cherokee) * Jen VanStrander (Western Band of Cherokee) * Tanaya Winder * AnnaLee Rain Yellowhammer (Hunkpapa/Standing Rock Sioux)

Reception

''#NotYourPrincess'' has received positive critical reviews. Karen MacPherson wrote in ''The Washington Post,'' "Provocative, thoughtful and sometimes humorous, this book showcases tenacious and talented indigenous women ready to take on the world." ''Publishers Weekly'' described it as, "a moving and powerful collection that draws strength from the variety of voices and lived experiences it represents." In a starred review, ''Kirkus'' called ''#NotYourPrincess'' "both testament to the complexity of Indigenous women’s identities and ferocious statement that these women fully inhabit the modern world." #''NotYourPrincess'' received the following accolades: *

for Best Young Adult Book (2018) *

(2018) * Young Adult Library Services Association Award for Excellence in Nonfiction finalist (2018) *

Amelia Bloomer Book List Rise: A Feminist Book Project, formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project and compiled by the American Library Association, is an annual list of books with significant feminist content that are intended for readers from birth to age 18. The Ame ...

Top Ten * ''Kirkus'' Best Book of 2017 in the Teen category

References

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External links

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