Native Voices for Native American Heritage Month 2023

by Goodluck, Laurel

Picture Book - 2022

Amanda and Kara are cousins and best friends in an intertribal Native American family; but Kara's family leaves the city and moves back to the Rez, making both girls sad--but the summer reunion reminds them that they will always be cousins. Amanda and Kara are cousins and best friends in an intertribal Native American family; but Kara's family leaves the city and moves back to the Rez, making both girls sad--but the summer reunion reminds them that they will always be cousins. Show less

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Powwow Day

by Sorell, Traci

Picture Book - 2022

Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sister...Show more Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again. Show less

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Intertribal Stories for Kids

Book - 2021

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. 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. Show less

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Notable Native People

50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present

by Keene, Adrienne

Book - 2021

Celebrate the lives, stories, and contributions of Indigenous artists, activists, scientists, athletes, and other changemakers in this illustrated collection. Celebrate the lives, stories, and contributions of Indigenous artists, activists, scientists, athletes, and other changemakers in this illustrated collection. Show less

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The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book

by Hill, Gord

Graphic Novel - 2021

A new and expanded version of Gord Hill's seminal illustrated history of Indigenous struggles in the Americas that has been heralded as a groundbreaking i...Show more A new and expanded version of Gord Hill's seminal illustrated history of Indigenous struggles in the Americas that has been heralded as a groundbreaking illustrated history of Indigenous activism and resistance in the Americas over the previous 500 years, from contact to present day. Show less

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask

by Treuer, Anton

Book - 2023

This revised edition both revisits old questions from a new perspective and expands on topics that have become increasingly relevant over the past decade,...Show more This revised edition both revisits old questions from a new perspective and expands on topics that have become increasingly relevant over the past decade, including activism and tribal enrollment; truth and reconciliation efforts; gender roles and identities in Indigenous communities; the status of Alaskan Natives and Canadian First Nations; and much more. Show less

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Bad Indians

A Tribal Memoir

by Miranda, Deborah A

Book - 2013

In this beautiful and devastating book, part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir, Deborah Miranda tells both the stories of her Ohlone/Costanoa...Show more In this beautiful and devastating book, part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir, Deborah Miranda tells both the stories of her Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen family and the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. Show less

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First Families

A Photographic History of California Indians

by L. Frank

Book - 2007

First Families, a one-of-a-kind book, draws on a recently compiled collection of 1,500 images donated by California Indians from their private family phot...Show more First Families, a one-of-a-kind book, draws on a recently compiled collection of 1,500 images donated by California Indians from their private family photo albums especially for this project. Enlivened by personal stories and deepened by carefully researched historic and cultural asides, it presents a richly varied, warmly nuanced, constantly surprising portrait of California's oldest communities. Show less

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We Are the Land

A History of Native California

by Akins, Damon B.

Book - 2021

Beginning with the ethnogenesis of California Indians, "We Are the Land" recounts the centrality of the Native presence from before European col...Show more Beginning with the ethnogenesis of California Indians, "We Are the Land" recounts the centrality of the Native presence from before European colonization through statehood-paying particularly close attention to the persistence and activism of California Indians in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Show less

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