Stealing Little Moon

"Stealing Little Moon" is a poignant family saga and an essential true story that recounts the experiences of Little Moon There Are No Stars Tonight, a four-year-old Ponca girl taken by federal agents to a boarding school designed to erase her Indigenous culture. Dan SaSuWeh Jones details his family's journey through nearly a century at the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, highlighting the broader impact of the boarding school era on Indigenous children. This compelling narrative not only reveals the miseducation and mistreatment faced by these children but also celebrates their strength and resilience against a backdrop of governmental failure.