''#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women'' is a 2017 young adult anthology edited by Lisa Charleyboy 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 American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United ...

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 Lite ...

(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 (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 publish ...

(Metis) * Imajyn Cardinal (Cree/Dene) * Adrianne Chalepah (Kiowa/Apache) * Lianne Charlie (Tagé Cho Hudän) *

Dana Claxton Dana Claxton (born 1959) is a 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 Nation ...

(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 Indi ...

(Cree/Métis) * Jessica Deer (Mohawk) * Rosanna Deerchild (Cree) * Kelly Edzerza-Bapty (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 MLA ...

(Anishinaabe) * Hazel Hedgecoke (Sioux/Hunkpapa/Wendat/Métis/Cherokee/Creek) *

Helen Knott Helen Knott is an Indigenous poet-writer, grassroots activist, leader and social worker from the Prophet River First Nation. She is of Dane-Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis, and European descent. Residing in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada, 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 Vice ...

(Anishinaabe/Ojibwe) * Cecilia Rose LaPointe (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 (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 tr ...

(Stó:lō Nation) * Tiffany Midge (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 (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 (Lakota) * DeLanna Studi (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) *

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

References

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