Two librarians at the DeKalb County Public Library system recently won a national award and grant for their daylong program focusing on black Native Americans.
Mia Buggs, a youth services librarian at the Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown branch, and Veronica Winley, branch manager at the Lithonia-Davidson branch, were recently jointly honored with the 2012 Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach grant. Only one award is given each year.
The pair were honored and given $1,000 for their project, “When Tribes Meet: The history of black native Americans.” The program, which features storytelling, book discussions and crafts, is tentatively scheduled Oct. 6 at the Wesley Chapel branch, 2861 Wesley Chapel Road, near Decatur.
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