Christine Day is an Indigenous American author of children's books.
[1][unreliable source] Her novel We Still Belong won the American Indian Youth Literature Award for middle school book, and three of her books have received American Indian Youth Literature Award honors.
[3] Her mother was adopted prior to the Indian Child Welfare Act, which inspired her debut novel, I Can Make This Promise.
Later, when approached about adapting Clinton and Boiger's picture book about Tallchief, she was thrilled at the opportunity.
[3] In 2019, the Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, NPR included I Can Make This Promise on their list of the best books of the year.