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• Indian No More

  McManis, Charlene Willing, 1953-2018,

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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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Can Make This Promise

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  "All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her family doesn’t have any answers. Until the day when she and her friends discover a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

  Marshall, Joseph, 1945-

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  "Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy—though you would not guess it by his name: his father is a white man and his mother is Lakota. When he embarks on a journey with his grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, he learns more and more about his Lakota heritage—in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indian Shoes

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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  "What do Indian shoes look like, anyway? Like beautiful beaded moccasins... or hightops with bright orange shoelaces? Ray Halfmoon prefers hightops, but he gladly trades them for a nice pair of moccasins for his grampa. After all, it's Grampa…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ancestor Approved

  Intertribal Stories for Kids

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  "A collection of intersecting stories set at a powwow that bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride. In a high school gym full of color and song, Native families from Nations within the borders of the U.S. and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rez Dogs

  Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

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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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Were the Navajo Code Talkers?

  Buckley, James, Jr., 1963-

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  "By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sea in Winter

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  "It’s been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg and could not keep up with her ballet training and auditions. Maisie is not excited for their family midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Barren Grounds

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  "Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Race to the Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  "seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles, her dad's new boss at the oil and gas company, and he's alarmingly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What the Eagle Sees

  Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal

  Yellowhorn, Eldon, 1956-

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  "In this brilliant follow up to Turtle Island, the author tells the stories of what Indigenous people did when invaders arrived on their homelands."

• Stone River Crossing

  Tingle, Tim,

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  "Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries. The Bok Chitto is the only border between her town in the Choctaw Nation and the slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory. The slave owners could catch her,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Borders

  King, Thomas, 1943-

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  "A graphic novel - a trip to visit his older sister, who has moved away from the family home on the reserve to Salt Lake City, a young boy and his mother are posed a simple question with a not-so-simple answer. Are you Canadian, the border guards…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shanyaak'utlaax̲

  Salmon Boy

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  "After a Tlingit mother gives her son a dried piece of salmon with mold on the end, he flings it away in disgust, committing a taboo. This offends the Salmon People, who sweep him into the water and into their world, where they name him…Read moreRead more of this annotation