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Each November we celebrate and pay tribute to the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, histories, and contributions of Native Americans. Native American Heritage Month is also an opportune time to learn about indigenous tribes, raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.
The following is a selected list of recently published books and videos that will help you learn more about Native American culture and history. All books and videos are available at the Norfolk Public Library. Additional assistance is available at your local branch library. The Sargeant Memorial Collection staff members at the Norfolk Public Library can also provide assistance researching local Native American history and genealogy.
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A D U L T F I C T I O N
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?" "Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock." - Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little HeavenFeaturing stories by: Norris Black * Amber Blaeser-Wardzala... |
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Crow Mary: A Novel
Kathleen Grissom - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of the "touching" (The Boston Globe) book club classics The Kitchen House and the "emotionally rewarding" (BOOKLIST ) Glory Over Everything returns with a sweeping saga inspired by the true story of Crow Mary - an indigenous woman... |
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Calling for a Blanket Dance
Oscar Hokeah - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man finding strength in his familial identity, from a stellar new voice in fiction. Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives... |
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A Calm and Normal Heart: Stories
CHELSEA T HICKS - The Unnamed Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Chelsea T. Hicks' deadpan dexterous wit can make you laugh and cry in the space of a heartbeat. A Calm and Normal Heart is the book I've been waiting for - audacious, tender, and fiercely committed." - Louise Erdrich, author of The Sentence"A Calm & Normal Heart... |
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There There: A novel
Tommy Orange - Knopf
Format: Book
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As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow - some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent - momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family... |
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The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones - Gallery / Saga Press
Format: Hardcover
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Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood... |
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Prudence: A Novel
David Treuer - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A haunting and unforgettable novel about love, loss, race, and desire in World War II-era America. On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened... |
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The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich - Harper
Format: Book
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Since graduating high school, Pixie Paranteau has insisted that everyone call her Patrice. Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Patrice, the class valedictorian, has no desire to wear herself down with a husband and kids. She makes jewel bearings at the plant, a job that barely... |
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This Tender Land: A Novel
William Kent Krueger - Atria Books
Format: Book
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A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace.
1932, Minnesota - the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated... |
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A Minor Chorus: A Novel
Billy-Ray Belcourt - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief.In Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write a novel. He is adrift, caught between his childhood on the reservation and this... |
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Winter Counts: A Novel
David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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An addictive and groundbreaking debut thriller set on a Native American reservationVirgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment,... |
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Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Joseph Bruchac - Dial; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they... |
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The Round House: A Novel
Louise Erdrich - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The Round House won the National Book Award for fiction.One of the most revered novelists of our time - a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life - Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting... |
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Dog Flowers: A Memoir
Danielle Geller - One World
Format: Hardcover
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After Danielle Geller's mother dies of a withdrawal from alcohol during a period of homelessness, she is forced to return to Florida. Using her training as a librarian and archivist, Geller collects her mother's documents, diaries, and photographs into a single suitcase and begins... |
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Ceremony:
Leslie Marmon Silko - Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
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Ceremony remains one of the most profound and moving works of Native American literature - a novel that is itself a ceremony of healing. Masterfully written, filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth, Ceremony is a work of enduring power.
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To the Bright Edge of the World: A Novel
Eowyn Ivey - Little
Format: Print book
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An atmospheric, transporting tale of adventure, love, and survival from the bestselling author of The Snow Child, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible:... |
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A D U L T N O N F I C T I O N
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann - Doubleday
Format: Paperback
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
Then, one by one, the Osage... |
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
Nicole Eustace - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent.... |
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New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian
Freddie Bitsoie - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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From Freddie Bitsoie, the former executive chef at Mitsitam Native Foods Caf at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and James Beard Award-winning author James O. Fraioli, New Native Kitchen is a celebration of Indigenous cuisine. Accompanied by original artwork... |
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We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power
Caleb Gayle - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark work of untold American history that reshapes our understanding of identity, race, and belonging In We Refuse to Forget, award-winning journalist Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted... |
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Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land
Toni Jensen - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Toni Jensen grew up around guns: As a girl, she learned to shoot birds in rural Iowa with her father, a card-carrying member of the NRA. As an adult, she's had guns waved in her face near Standing Rock, and felt their silent threat on the concealed-carry campus where she teaches. And she has always... |
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Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy Harjo - Thorndike Press; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Large Print
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Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her poet-warrior road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, and wise follow-up to Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion... |
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A Bag Worth a Pony: The Art of the Ojibwe Bandolier Bag
Marcia G Anderson - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Paperback
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Bandolier bags, or gashkibidaaganag - the large, heavily beaded shoulder bags made and worn by several North American Indian tribes around the Great Lakes - are prized cultural icons here and around the world. From the 1870s to the present day, Ojibwe bead artists of Minnesota have been... |
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Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story
David A. Robertson
Format: Book
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Inspired by true events, this story of strength, family, and culture shares the awe-inspiring resilience of Elder Betty Ross.
Abandoned as a young child, Betsy is adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changes. Betsy is taken away to a residential... |
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown - H. Holt & Co.
Format: Paperback
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Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived. Now repackaged with a new introduction... |
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Little Big Bully
Heid E. Erdrich
Format: Paperback
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Little Big Bully begins with a question asked of a collective and troubled we - how did we come to this? In answer, this book offers personal myth, American and Native American contexts, and allegories driven by women's resistance to narcissists, stalkers, and harassers. These poems... |
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - Beacon Press,
Format: Print book
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2015 Recipient of the American Book Award2015 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in LiteratureThe first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous... |
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Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage
William Loren Katz - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Updated edition
Format: Hardcover
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The compelling account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America—now updated with new content!The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship... |
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Indian America from 1890 to the Present
DAVID TREUER - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history--and counter-narrative--of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present.The received idea of Native American history--as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's mega-bestselling 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee--has been that American Indian... |
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The Atlantic World and Virginia, 1550-1624
Peter C Mancall
Format: Book
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In response to the global turn in scholarship on colonial and early modern history, the eighteen essays in this volume provide a fresh and much-needed perspective on the wider context of the encounter between the inhabitants of precolonial Virginia and the English. This collection |
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The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
Bob Drury - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn astonishing untold story of the American West The great Sioux warrior-statesman Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud's powers... |
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The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians
Naomi Schaefer Riley - Encounter Books
Format: Print book
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If you want to know why American Indians have the highest rates of poverty of any racial group, why suicide is the leading cause of death among Indian men, why native women are two and a half times more likely to be raped than the national average and why gang violence affects American... |
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Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life
David Treuer - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrated novelist David Treuer has gained a reputation for writing fiction that expands the horizons of Native American literature. In Rez Life, his first full-length work of nonfiction, Treuer brings a novelist's storytelling skill and an eye for detail to a complex and subtle... |
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The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
Thomas King - Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Hardcover
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In The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian–White relations in North America since initial contact. Ranging freely across the centuries and the Canada–U.S. border, King debunks... |
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Grandma's Tipi: A Present-Day Lakota Story
S. D. Nelson - Dreamscape Media
Format: Book
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Now that Clara is almost in third grade, she's finally old enough to spend her first summer away from home visiting her grandma, Unci, and her cousin at their home in Standing Rock Reservation. To welcome her visit, Uncle Louie brings an extra-special surprise in his pickup truck:... |
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Two Tribes
Emily Bowen Cohen - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the complexity, meaning, and deep love that comes from being part of two vibrant tribes. Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays... |
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We Belong to the Drum
Sandra Lamouche - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The drum represents the heartbeat of Mother Earth. We all belong to the earth and we all belong to the drum.Nikosis grew up going to powwows with his family, happily immersed in music, dance and the sounds of the drum. But when he starts going to daycare, he doesn't feel like he belongs.... |
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My Powerful Hair
Carole Lindstrom - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering picture book about family history, self-expression, and reclaiming your identityOur ancestors say our hair is our memories,our source of strength and power,a celebration of our lives.Mom never had long... |
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Just Like Grandma
Kim Rogers - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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In this lyrical picture book by Kim Rogers (Wichita) , with illustrations by Boston Globe-Horn Book Honoree Julie Flett (Cree-Métis) , Becca watches her grandma create, play, and dance - and she knows that she wants to be just like Grandma. Becca loves spending time with Grandma. Every... |
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Healer of the Water Monster
Brian Young - Heartdrum
Format: Book
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2022 American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner
Brian Young's powerful debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster - and comes to realize he's a hero at heart. When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile... |
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Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story
Danielle Greendeer - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weechumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the Pilgrims. But without members of the Wampanoag tribe who already... |
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Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride. Native families from Nations across the continent gather at the Dance... |
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Rez Dogs
Joseph Bruchac - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Malian was visiting her grandparents on the reservation when the COVID-19 pandemic started. Now she's staying there, away from her parents and her school in Boston. Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but on the reservation, everyone protects each other, from Malian caring for her grandparents... |
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The First Blade of Sweetgrass
Suzanne Greenlaw - Tilbury House Publishers
Format: Book
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In this Own Voices Native American picture book story, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making. Musquon must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh grasses,... |
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Magnolia Flower
ZORA NEALE HURSTON - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi. Magnolia Flower follows a young Afro Indigenous girl who longs for freedom... |
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A Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
Glennette Tilley Turner - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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John Horse (c. 1812-1882, also known as Juan Caballo) was a famed chief, warrior, tactician, and diplomat who played a dominant role in Black Seminole affairs for half a century. His story is central to that of the Black Seminoles - descendants of Seminole Indians, free Blacks, and escaped... |
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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.Fry bread is food.It is warm and delicious,... |
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We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, Carole Lindstrom's bold and lyrical picture book We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguarding the Earth's water from harm and corruption.Water is the first medicine.It affects and connects... |
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All Around Us
Xelena González - Cinco Puntos Press
Format: Audiobook
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"All Around Us begs to be shared over and over." -- Yuyi Morales "A transcendent, perfectly gorgeous book." - Naomi Shihab Nye ALSC Notable Childrens Book 2018 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award: Picture Book Honor Best Picture... |
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Bowwow Powwow
Brenda J Child - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Hardcover
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Windy Girl is blessed with a vivid imagination. From Uncle she gathers stories of long-ago traditions, about dances and sharing and gratitude. Windy can tell such stories herself-about her dog, Itchy Boy, and the way he dances to request a treat and how he wriggles with joy in response... |
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Powwow: A Celebration through Song and Dance
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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"Clearly organized and educational -- an incredibly useful tool for both school and public libraries." -- School Library Journal, starred review Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins... |
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Indian No More
Charlene Willing McManis - Tu Books
Format: Hardcover
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Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde reservation is all ten-year-old Regina has ever known. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. But when the federal government signs a bill into law that says Regina's tribe no longer... |
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Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
Traci Sorell - Millbrook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work. Cherokee author Traci Sorell and Mtis illustrator Natasha Donovan... |
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Traditional Stories of the Southeast Nations
Carla Mooney - Core Library
Format: Library Binding
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The Southeast region covers the coastal and inland areas of the American South. Traditional Stories of the Southeast Nationsfeatures stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Choctaw, Natchez, and Cherokee. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter... |
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I Sang You Down from the Stars
Tasha Spillett-Sumner - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition
Format: Hardcover
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As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacred bundle. A white feather, cedar and sage, a stone from the river...Each addition to the bundle will offer the new baby strength and connection to tradition, family, and community. As they grow together,... |
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story
Liz Amini-Holmes - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover
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As a young Navajo boy, Chester Nez had to leave the reservation and attend boarding school, where he was taught that his native language and culture were useless. But Chester refused to give up his heritage. Years later, during World War II, Chester - and other Navajo men like him - was recruited... |
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
TRACI SORELL - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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The Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American life as told by an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express... |
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Native Peoples of the Southeast (North American Indian Nations)
Barbara M Linde - Lerner Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
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Who were the first people to call the southeastern United States home? Long before Europeans came to the region, American Indian nations lived off the rich and varied land. These peoples had different languages, governments, and cultures. Their traditions and heritage were shaped by the climate... |
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Rain Is Not My Indian Name
Cynthia L Smith
Format: Paperback
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In a voice that resonates with insight and humor, New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith tells the story of a teenage girl who must face down her grief and reclaim her place in the world with the help of her intertribal community. It's been six months since Cassidy... |
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Y O U N G A D U L T
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Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.. Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best... |
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Marvel Voices: Heritage
Various - Marvel
Format: Paperback
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Stories from the world outside your window, by diverse creators who are making theirs Marvel - and making their voices heard! Inspired by Marvel's acclaimed podcast series MARVEL'S VOICES, Indigenous and Asian American writers and artists share their unique perspectives on iconic... |
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Apple:
Eric Gansworth - Levine Querido
Format: Book
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2022 American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner
How about a book that makes you barge into your boss's office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way?The term "Apple" is a slur... |
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Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold... |
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A Snake Falls to Earth
Darcie Little Badger - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover
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Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories.Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks... |
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Give Me Some Truth
ERIC GANSWORTH - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. A rock band -- and winning Battle of the Bands -- is his best shot. But things keep getting in the way. Small matters like the lack of an actual band, or his brother getting... |
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Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City
Mary Beth Leatherdale - Annick Press,
Format: Print book
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The majority of Natives in North America live "off the rez." How do they stay rooted to their culture? How do they connect with their community? Urban Tribes offers unique insight into this growing and often misperceived group. This anthology profiles young urban Natives and how they... |
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Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band
Christian Staebler - IDW Publishing
Format: Paperback
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You've heard the hit song "Come and Get Your Love" in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, but the story of the band behind it is one of cultural, political, and social importance.Brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas were talented Native American rock musicians that took the 1960s Sunset... |
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Hearts Unbroken
CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school - and first love.When Louise Wolfe's first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people... |
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If I Ever Get Out of Here
Eric Gansworth - Arthur A. Levine Books; 7.2.2013 edition
Format: Book
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Lewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking, the Fireball games, the snow blowing through his roof. What he's not used to is white people being nice to him -- people like George Haddonfield, whose... |
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Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger - Levine Querido
Format: Book
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Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.There are some differences. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces... |
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We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes
Sharon Grimberg - PBS
Format: DVD
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
A provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. The centerpiece of this initiative is a television series that tells five heartbreaking, yet inspiring stories. Together they highlight Native ingenuity and resilience... |
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Raven Tales Series
Chris Kientz; Simon Daniel James; Evan Adams; Ian Reid; Carmen Moore; All authors
Format: DVD
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Raven Tales is series of 26, half-hour, CGI (Computer-Generated Imaging) animated television programs, targeted at school-age children and their families to introduce native Aboriginal folklore in a humorous and entertaining way. They tell the stories of the adventures of Raven, the most... |
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500 Nations
Kevin Costner
Format: DVD
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The amazing story of America's original inhabitants has been crystallized into a powerful epic event on four discs. The insight that actor/filmmaker and series host/executive producer Kevin Costner brought to Dances with Wolves serves as a springboard to this thrilling chronicle filmed... |
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Winter in the Blood
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson - Alive Mind
Format: DVD
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Winter in the Blood is a hauntingly beautiful film that is true to the lyrical and unflinching spirit of James Welchs classic 1974 novel of Native American life. Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer, the Twilight trilogy) wakes in a ditch on the Hardscrabble plains of Montana. He stumbles... |
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Legacy Native American Photogravures & Music
Curtis, Edward S. - Alpha DVD
Format: DVD
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Few visual artists captured the essence of traditional Native American culture as effectively as American photogravure artist Edward S. Curtis. With this release, history buffs and art enthusiasts alike can experience the lasting legacy of a skilled artist and the ceremonies, life, dress,... |
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Smoke Signals
Adam Beach - Miramax Films
Format: DVD
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Based on a couple of short stories (from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven) by Sherman Alexie, Smoke Signals is a lean and assured feature that speaks well of its lengthy, rich evolution, including a development stint at Sundance. The first feature made by a Native American... |
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Native America DVD
n/a - PBS (Direct)
Format: DVD
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Native America explores the world created by Americas First Peoples. The series reaches back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the stars, unique systems of science and spirituality, and 100 million people connected by social networks spanning two continents. |
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Trail of tears : a Native American documentary collection.
Various - Mill Creek Entertainment
Format: DVD
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Native Americans have experienced a history full of oppression and racism. Since the period when Native tribes were found on this continent at the time of its "discovery", the British and American governments disregarded Native Americans as the owners of the territory they occupied... |
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Indian Horse [DVD]
Sladen Peltier - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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Saul Indian Horse, an Ojibway boy, is torn from his family and committed to a residential school. At the school, Saul is denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his heritage and is a witness to abuse by the people sworn to protect him. But Saul finds salvation in the unlikeliest... |
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Lesser Blessed
~ Benjamin Bratt - MONTEREY VIDEO
Format: DVD
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An eye-opening account of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in the modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, comes the story of three unlikely friends isolated in a small rural town discovering what they can of life and love... |
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Te Ata
Nathan Frankowski - Kino Lorber
Format: DVD
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Te Ata (TAY' AH-TAH) is based on the inspiring true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Born in Indian Territory, and raise on the songs and stories of her Chickasaw culture, Te Ata's... |
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Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner
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Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous adventure that changed his life forever. Relive the adventure and beauty of the incredib |
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Woman Walks Ahead
Susanna White - Lions Gate
Format: DVD
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This historical drama from Susanna White focuses on the story of Caroline Weldon, a 19th-century portrait painter from New York, who travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull. Starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Greyeyes. |
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War of 1812
Lawrence Hott - PBS
Format: DVD
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"The War of 1812" is a two-hour documentary looking at this important historic event from several perspectives, the American, Canadian, British and Native America. The program will have some limited but very well done reenactments and major historians, authors and experts. |
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