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Arlene Hirschfelder

Coauthor, Children of Native America Today

Arlene Hirschfelder is the author of a number of award-winning nonfiction books, as well as activity guides and bibliographies concerning Native Americans. She has devoted the last thirty-five years to teaching and writing about Native American histories, cultures, and contemporary issues. Children of Native America Today is Arlene’s seventh children’s book.

After working for more than two decades as a public information officer and scholarship coordinator at the Association on American Indian Affairs, a civil rights organization, Arlene turned to writing children’s books as a means of dispelling destructive stereotypes and presenting the rich history and culture of Native Americans. She also created curriculum materials for elementary- and middle-school students on topics related to Native American peoples in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Arlene is the mother of two grown children and lives with her husband, Dennis, in New Jersey.