By Lisa Iesse Writer ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES- \u201cThe Adventures of Jay and Gizmo\u201d author Kristi White is empowering Indigenous children to reclaim their cultural and language sovereignty. \u201c(\u2018Jay and Gizmo\u2019) goes towards supporting a whole movement of uplifting and supporting Indigenous children to be able to connect, to be able to get literacy skills, to feel like they belong no matter where they end up,\u201d White told Turtle Island News. White is from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. Back in 1969, Chief Virginia Summers, who is her great aunt, advocated for a community library there. Yet decades later during White\u2019s youth, the community remained without a library, and without other necessities like clean drinking water. White explains these are critical resources the community is still being denied… <\/p>\n
By Lisa Iesse Writer ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES- \u201cThe Adventures of Jay and Gizmo\u201d author Kristi White is empowering Indigenous children to reclaim their cultural and language sovereignty. \u201c(\u2018Jay and Gizmo\u2019) goes towards supporting a whole movement of uplifting and supporting Indigenous children to be able to connect, to be able to get literacy skills, to feel like they belong no matter where they end up,\u201d White told Turtle Island News. White is from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. Back in 1969, Chief Virginia Summers, who is her great aunt, advocated for a community library there. Yet decades later during White\u2019s youth, the community remained without a library, and without other necessities like clean drinking water. White explains these are critical resources the community is still being denied... <\/p>\n