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• Girl Warrior

  on Coming of Age

  Harjo, Joy,

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  Harjo weaves personal trauma and profound experiences—from teenage motherhood to struggling with addiction—with warmhearted wisdom and poetry, providing necessary guidance for Native women confronting historical wounds.

• A Body More Tolerable

  Poems

  simpson, jaye,

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  Through haunting verses, this fierce poetry collection about Indigenous grief and frustrated desire challenges the traditional poetic canon and demands retribution for colonial damage.

• We Survived the Night

  NoiseCat, Julian Brave,

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  This powerful debut skillfully blends personal history, reportage on Native Canadian politics, and Indigenous folklore to explore identity, community, and the lasting impacts of colonization on the Shuswap people.

• Medicine River

  a Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools

  Pember, Mary Annette,

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  Through her mother's story, Pember explores the profound cultural destruction wrought by residential schools. Ultimately this work demonstrates the enduring resilience of Indigenous communities, and illuminates a path toward healing through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ROOTED IN FIRE:

  A CELEBRATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND MEXICAN COOKING

  DeSpain, Pyet

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  This book offers a loving, flavorful voyage through Indigenous cooking traditions, presenting a fusion of delicious, accessible recipes that welcome home chefs to explore and celebrate a rich blend of Potawatomi and Mexican American foodways.

• BEYOND THE GLITTERING WORLD:

  AN ANTHOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS AND FUTURISMS

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  This enduring collection celebrates the diversity of Indigenous experience. The included works grapple with violence and cultural preservation while demonstrating that the path to liberation gets wider through shared language, story, and art.

• CEKPA:

  A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS

  Altman, Leah

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  A moving memoir of transracial adoption, this debut follows Leah Altman's journey to reconnect with her heritage, using the concept of the Lakota cekpa (umbilical-cord amulet) as a metaphor for weaving a personal tapestry of identity from trauma and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• TURTLE ISLAND:

  FOODS AND TRADITIONS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA

  Sherman, Sean

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  More than just recipes, this comprehensive cookbook is an in-depth exploration of Indigenous cuisine across Turtle Island (North America), organized by region from the Canadian Arctic to Mexico. With elegant illustrations, Sherman's work introduces…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• THE WATER REMEMBERS:

  MY INDIGENOUS FAMILY'S FIGHT TO SAVE A RIVER AND A WAY OF LIFE

  Cordalis, Amy Bowers

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  Yurok attorney Bowers Cordalis recounts her tribe's century-long fight to save the salmon of the Klamath River, whose survival is "as important to us as breathing." This is a potent, moving account that culminates in the successful campaign for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation