The 2012 American Indian Youth Literature Awards...

...have been announced, and the YA winner is Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School, by Adam Fortunate Eagle.

Click on through for the other winners & honorees.

(via Waking Brain Cells)

[ETA: Errrr... these were actually announced LAST YEAR. Sorry about that. Ah, well, nothing wrong with highlighting 'em again, right?]