Author Biography
Joaquin Muñoz
Joaquin Muñoz is a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Chicano, cisgender,
and hetero-male. He lives on the ancestral and unceded land and
waters of the Hulnkamena-speaking Musqueam Peoples, colonially known
as Vancouver, and works at the University of British Columbia. His work
involves helping teachers develop conceptual and practical tools to celebrate
Indigenous survivance and resistance to settler-colonial logic, all in service to
Indigenous communities, families, and youth, towards sovereignty and self-determination.
Dawn Quigley
Dawn Quigley, PhD, and citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, ND, is an associate professor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in the Education Department. She taught English and reading for more than 18 years in the K–12 schools along with being an Indian Education program co-director. In addition to her debut coming-of-age young adult novel, Apple in the Middle (NDSU Press), “Joey Reads the Sky” in Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, the chapter book series Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Book #1); Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants (Book #2), Red Bird Danced (forthcoming novel-in-verse), and Native American Heroes (Scholastic Books). Dawn has over 30 published articles, essays, and poems. She lives in Minnesota with her family.
Recommended Citation
Muñoz, J.,
&
Quigley, D.
(2025).
Introduction: Why indigenous children’s and young adult literature matters.
Occasional Paper Series,
(54), 3-8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58295/2375-3668.1599
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