![]() ![]() And their hair was just really chopped short, and they had bangs. LINDSTROM: And they were wearing, you know, just these white smocks. It was a picture of her grandmother and two great aunts. It's too wild.īLAIR: One clue that helped her get it was a black-and-white photograph that sat on top of the TV set. ![]() You know, every time it got a little bit long, she'd say, we have to cut it. She wrote a children's book called "My Powerful Hair." NPR's Elizabeth Blair talked with her.ĮLIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: When Carole Lindstrom was a little girl growing up in Bellevue, Neb., she really wanted long hair.ĬAROLE LINDSTROM: I used to use a blanket I had as a young baby, and I'd put it on my hair and pretend I had long hair - you know? - swing it around. As a kid, a disagreement with her mother over the length of her hair opened a door to learning about her Native American ancestry. ![]() Author Carole Lindstrom knows that very well. Some of the most contentious discussions in any family can be about hair. ![]()
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