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• Book Match | Alameda County Library

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  Fill out a survey with information about your reading tastes, and one of our matchmakers will send you a personalized reading list within two weeks. You can select a specific matchmaker, or you can fill out a general survey and one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Old School Indian

  a Novel

  Curtis, Aaron John,

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  "An astonishing coming-of-middle-age debut about an Ahkwesáhsne man's reluctant return home, Old School Indian is a striking exploration of the resonance of love and family, culture and history."

• Rooted in Fire

  a Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking

  DeSpain, Pyet,

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  "Next Level Chef winner Pyet De Spain celebrates her Mexican and Native American heritage in this collection of mouthwatering recipes, a vibrant fusion that ties us to the land and to one another."

• Mask of the Deer Woman

  Dove, Laurie L.,

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  "To find a missing young woman, the new tribal marshal must also find herself. At rock bottom following her daughter's murder, ex-Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go but back to her roots. Starr's father never talked much about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mighty Red

  a Novel

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  "In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces and the tragic impact of big business."

• If the Dead Belong Here

  Faust, Carson,

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  "When six-year-old Laurel Taylor vanishes without a trace, her family is left shattered, struggling to navigate the darkness of grief and unanswered questions. As their search turns to despair, Laurel's older sister, Nadine, begins experiencing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girl Warrior

  on Coming of Age

  Harjo, Joy,

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  "In her best-selling memoir Poet Warrior , Harjo led readers through her lifelong process of artistic evolution. In Girl Warrior , she speaks directly to Native girls and women, sharing stories about her own coming of age to bring renewed attention…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Chief

  Hickey, Jon, 1981-

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  "Mitch Caddo, a young law school graduate and aspiring political fixer, is an outsider in the homeland of his Anishinaabe ancestors. But alongside his childhood friend, Tribal President Mack Beck, he runs the government of the Passage Rouge Nation,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devil Is a Southpaw

  a Novel

  Hobson, Brandon,

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  "Milton Muleborn has envied Matthew Echota, a talented Cherokee artist, ever since they were locked up together in a dangerous juvenile detention center in the late 1980s. Until Matthew escaped, that is."

• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  "A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Whistler

  Medina, Nick,

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  "For fear of summoning evil spirits, Native superstition says you should never, ever whistle at night. Henry Hotard was on the verge of fame, gaining a following and traction with his eerie ghost-hunting videos. Then his dreams came to a screeching…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• By the Fire We Carry

  the Generations-long Fight for Justice on Native Land

  Nagle, Rebecca,

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  "A powerful work of reportage and American history in the vein of Caste and How the Word Is Passed that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation's earliest days, and a small-town murder in the '90s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Is a War Song

  Nava, Danica,

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  "Pop singer Avery Fox has become a national joke after posing scantily clad on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather war bonnet. What was meant to be a statement of her success as a Native American singer has turned her into a social pariah and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Survived the Night

  NoiseCat, Julian Brave,

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  "Drawing from five years of on-the-ground reporting, We Survived the Night paints a profound and unforgettable portrait of contemporary Indigenous life, alongside an intimate and deeply powerful reckoning between a father and a son. A soulful,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Medicine River

  a Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools

  Pember, Mary Annette,

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  "A sweeping and trenchant exploration of the history of Native American boarding schools in the U.S., and the legacy of abuse wrought by systemic attempts to use education as a tool through which to destroy Native culture."

• Waiting for the Long Night Moon

  Stories

  Peters, Amanda,

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  "Stories of Indigenous experiences across time, from early European contact to modern water-rights activism, depicting resilience through characters like a residential school survivor, a water protector, and a young dancer, all revealing strength…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To the Moon and Back

  a Novel

  Ramage, Eliana,

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  "Steph Harper is on the run. When she was five, her mother fled an abusive husband--with Steph and her younger sister in tow--to Cherokee Nation, where she hoped they might finally belong. In response, Steph sets her sights as far away from Oklahoma…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where They Last Saw Her

  a Novel

  Rendon, Marcie R.,

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  "From the award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear series, a harrowing novel of a Native American woman who learns of the disappearance of one of her own and decides enough is enough... "

• Man Made Monsters

  Rogers, Andrea L.,

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  "Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance that has swept the last decade. Horror fans will get their thrills in this collection: from werewolves to vampires to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turtle Island

  Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America

  Sherman, Sean, 1974-

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  "Uncover the stories behind the foods that have linked the natural environments, traditions, and histories of Indigenous peoples across North America for millennia through more than 100 ancestral and modern recipes from three-time James Beard…Read moreRead more of this annotation