Sitka illustrator Michaela Goade was awarded one of the highest honors in children’s literature this week for her work on “We are Water Protectors.” Goade, who is Tlingit, is the first Indigenous person to win the Caldecott Medal.

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Sitka artist becomes first Indigenous winner of the ‘Oscars of kids books’

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