I Am Not a Costume Wampanoag But when everyone else is

But when everyone else is on Evan's side

an excerpt from Gerry William's The Black Ship

some never before published in book form

confronting family tragedies

It reveals how the removal of women from our stories has impacted our thinking and disrupted the natural balance within our communities

I Am Not a Costume Wampanoag But when everyone else isI am not a costume. Ayasha's school is having a costume party and she is so excited! But when Ayasha arrives at school and sees other students wearing fake regalia, she is confused and upset. She doesn't understand why they think her culture is a costume. Ayasha turns to her family and together they come up with a way to teach her classmates about her culture and how to honor her people respectfully.