Film, Video Sharice Davids: National Book Festival 2021
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- Sharice Davids: National Book Festival 2021
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- Rep. Sharice Davids discusses "Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman" (HarperCollins Kids), which tells the triumphant true story of how Davids became one of the first Native American women elected to Congress and the first LGBTQ Congress member to represent Kansas.
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- September 17, 2021
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- 12 minutes 50 seconds
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