Time of the Thunderbird Justice Hewitt was a Tuscarora scholar

Hewitt was a Tuscarora scholar and linguist whose work for the Bureau of American Ethnology made a substantial contribution to our written knowledge of Iroquois cultural history and languages

such as glass beads and porcupine quills

Omakayas and her friend learn hard lessons when they take matters into their own hands and sneak off too early during wild rice gathering

One story recounts her love of reading and libraries

From Earth to Sky: Everything We Need Is Right Here

Time of the Thunderbird Justice Hewitt was a Tuscarora scholarTime of the Thunderbird is a short fantasy novel by Coast Salish author Diane Silvey. Twins Tala and Kaya live in a mythical time along the British Columbia coast. In their village all the children are missing because of a powerful monster. The twins venture out into this fantastic world to locate the source of the problem and secure the return of the village's missing children. The story of the quest is told in narrative form in a series of episodes.