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I Am My Name

A Girl's Journey to Finding Her Cree Family

Author Na'kuset, Judith Henderson
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On sale Oct 14, 2025 | 13 Minutes | 9798217156931
Grades 1-4
Reading Level: Fountas & Pinnell O
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An evocative autobiographical audiobook about Cree activist Na'kuset's life as a young girl taken from her home along with thousands of other indigenous children during the 1960s, and the journey of discovery that leads her to reclaim her life and culture.

I have come from somewhere else, where
I am Cree and I have a big sister
and another name.

One night, a very young girl was removed from her home during Canada’s Sixties Scoop, which tore children from their Indigenous communities. She woke in a new home, with a new family and a new name—her former life fading to a ghost of a memory. The only place she ever felt like she fit in was with her grandmother—her Bubbe—who listened to her and made her chicken soup and wrapped her in her loving arms. Until one day…the girl discovered the truth. And her beloved Bubbe helped her on her journey to claim her identity, her voice—and her name.

Together, Na'kuset and Judith Henderson tell the powerful story of the Indigenous experience for a child during the Sixities Scoop.
Na'kuset is a Cree Indigenous activist, living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nakuset is a survivor of the Sixties Scoop, when Canadian government policy led to many Indigenous children being forcibly  adopted into non-Indigenous families. She is the subject of an award-winning short film, Becoming Nakuset (2020), about her experiences and is the winner of the 2022 Woman of Distinction Award. This is her debut picture book. 

Judith Henderson is the author of numerous picture books, as well as being an illustrator, composer and children's TV producer.  She wrote the theme song for the Emmy Award winning PBS show Arthur.

Onedove is an illustrator and designer whose work is inspired by classic illustration and animation from the fifties and sixties, and has appeared in galleries from Vancouver to New York. This is their first children's book!
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"A true story of love and its power to heal....this tale shines light on the enduring impact of colonization but also the transformative power of love and connection." —School Library Journal

"A tender, beautifully told personal account of the Sixties Scoop." —Booklist

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An evocative autobiographical audiobook about Cree activist Na'kuset's life as a young girl taken from her home along with thousands of other indigenous children during the 1960s, and the journey of discovery that leads her to reclaim her life and culture.

I have come from somewhere else, where
I am Cree and I have a big sister
and another name.

One night, a very young girl was removed from her home during Canada’s Sixties Scoop, which tore children from their Indigenous communities. She woke in a new home, with a new family and a new name—her former life fading to a ghost of a memory. The only place she ever felt like she fit in was with her grandmother—her Bubbe—who listened to her and made her chicken soup and wrapped her in her loving arms. Until one day…the girl discovered the truth. And her beloved Bubbe helped her on her journey to claim her identity, her voice—and her name.

Together, Na'kuset and Judith Henderson tell the powerful story of the Indigenous experience for a child during the Sixities Scoop.

Author

Na'kuset is a Cree Indigenous activist, living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nakuset is a survivor of the Sixties Scoop, when Canadian government policy led to many Indigenous children being forcibly  adopted into non-Indigenous families. She is the subject of an award-winning short film, Becoming Nakuset (2020), about her experiences and is the winner of the 2022 Woman of Distinction Award. This is her debut picture book. 

Judith Henderson is the author of numerous picture books, as well as being an illustrator, composer and children's TV producer.  She wrote the theme song for the Emmy Award winning PBS show Arthur.

Onedove is an illustrator and designer whose work is inspired by classic illustration and animation from the fifties and sixties, and has appeared in galleries from Vancouver to New York. This is their first children's book!
Na'kuset View titles by Na'kuset
Judith Henderson View titles by Judith Henderson

Praise

"A true story of love and its power to heal....this tale shines light on the enduring impact of colonization but also the transformative power of love and connection." —School Library Journal

"A tender, beautifully told personal account of the Sixties Scoop." —Booklist

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