Sheila L. Chingwa

A Native American author from Northern Michigan. Member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

Research and history had been an interest of hers and she served as the Archivist for her community from 2019 to 2023.

Her first book, Noodin Me-koom-ma-senh brings legends and lore to life as the reader learns basic language lessons taught by Carrie Leaureaux through YouTube videos. Each word used in the book has been assigned to a QR code that the reader can use to go directly to the language to learn in their own time and speed.

Language used in Noodin Me-koom-ma-senh was provided by:

In partnership with Carrie Leaureaux, Isabelle Osawamick, and Carla Osawamick, basic language is taught to the reader as they enjoy a fantasy of legends and lore of the Natives. Mind you, Sheila is a Potter Head and the story contains a partnership where the magic folk works with a secret Native American society to save magical children from genocide and boarding schools.