Kiki is a city girl, like any of the millions of kids who call Los Angeles home. But home is also a place filled with expressions of her family’s Tiwa Indian heritage. Her parents left the Taos Pueblo reservation long ago, and Kiki hasn’t been back since she was a baby. She hardly even remembers what the Pueblo is like, until she returns with her parents during spring break. Suddenly, Kiki feels like a tourist in a place that should feel like home.

This tender story sensitively portrays the rewards and challenges of contemporary Indian life, and the vivid illustrations glow with the Southwestern sun.

“…clear, sequential text and evocative art, which together create an authentic work for use one-on-one or to foster classroom discussion about ethnic diversity and identity.”
—School Library Journal

… authentic, and with little on the contemporary Indian experience available for the age group, the book will open up discussion about cultural stereotypes.”
—Booklist

"…a rare touch of authentic imagery by painter Jonathan Warm Day (Taos Pueblo).”
—Taos Daily Horse Fly

“Kiki’s Journey is a heartwarming story depicting the complexity of Native people today—the transition from urban communities to reservation communities far away, and vice versa. The trail between these communities is well worn, but often a new generation must find that trail for themselves. Kiki’s story illustrates some of the complexity of growing up as a Native person today, and reminds us all to tread that trail back and forth, and to keep the path clear.”
—Winona La Duke, author, activist, and Founding Director of White Earth Land Recovery Project

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