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• Becoming Little Shell

  a Landless Indian's Journey Home

  La Tray, Chris,

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  Infused with candor, heart, wisdom, and an abiding love for a place and a people, Chris La Tray's remarkable journey is both revelatory and redemptive.

• The Land, the Water, the Sky

  Black Belt Eagle Scout (Musical group),

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  For her third album, Katherine Paul moved back to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community where she was raised (on Puget Sound) in early 2020. For her, the time period's mix of grief, loneliness, and frustration was matched by a sense of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Calm and Normal Heart

  Hicks, Chelsea T. Hicks

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  From Oklahoma to California, the heroes of A Calm and Normal Heart are modern-day adventurers—seeking out new places to call their own inside a nation to which they do not entirely belong.

• Come to Me Great Mystery

  Native American Healing Songs

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  A collection of traditional Native American songs intended to heal the body and spirit. Each song has profound depth and beauty which invokes a compassionate and mystical presence with instrumentation.

• Crooked Hallelujah

  Ford, Kelli Jo

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  A first collection by an award-winning Cherokee writer traces four generations of Native American women as they navigate cultural dynamics, religious beliefs, the 1980s oil bust, devastating storms and unreliable men to connect with their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dark Winds. Season 1

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  The year is 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For Joshua

  Wagamese, Richard

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  Ojibwe tradition calls for fathers to walk their children through the world, sharing the ancient understanding “that we are all, animate and inanimate alike, living on the one pure breath with which the Creator gave life to the Universe.”…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gather

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  Gather follows the stories of natives on the frontlines of a growing movement to reconnect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide. All these stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Home From School: The Children of Carlisle

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  Home From School follows the difficult journey of Soldierwolf and tribal elders as they delve into the controversial history of Indian boarding schools, patch together the historic record and personal stories of the relatives who were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How I Became a Ghost

  a Choctaw Trail of Tears Story

  Tingle, Tim

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  A Choctaw boy recounts the beginnings of the forced resettlement of his people from their Mississippi-area homelands in 1830. He begins his story with a compelling hook: "Maybe you have never read a book written by a ghost before. I am a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indigenous Ingenuity

  a Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge

  Havrelock, Deidre,

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  Throughout the eras, Indigenous peoples have positively added to the realms of ecology, transportation, communications, agriculture, textile technology, mathematics, and more. In North America, those identifying as Indigenous number 25…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jesintel

  Living Wisdom From Coast Salish Elders

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  Elders offer their perspectives on language revitalization, Coast Salish family values and naming practices, salmon, sovereignty, canoe racing, and storytelling. They also share traumatic memories, including of their boarding school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Keepunumuk

  Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story

  Greendeer, Danielle,

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  Told in a Native tradition, this Wampanoag story of Weechumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving shows how the Native people, who already lived on the land where the pilgrims settled, helped them survive their first winter.

• Killing the Wittigo

  Indigenous Culture-based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing : a Book for Young Adults

  Methot, Suzanne, 1968-

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  This is an uncomfortable book to read—but it is meant to be. This work examines the lasting emotional and psychological impacts of colonization on Indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada. Along with a variety of fonts, line art, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Listening to Our Ancestors

  the Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast

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  Illustrated with artifacts from the unique treasures in the museum's Northwest Coast collections, Listening to Our Ancestors profiles native communities of the Pacific Northwest and showcases the region's rich cultural history and artwork.

• Midnight Storm Moonless Sky

  Indigenous Horror Stories

  Soop, Alex,

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  Through these enthralling stories of reality mixed with terror, readers get a wicked glimpse into the genre of Indigenous Horror - a combination of First Nations legends, dark fantasy, apocalyptic and paranormal enchantment, and monstrous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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  Editors Hawke and Van Alst have gathered a satisfying mix of unsettling horror stories written by an array of notable Native authors. The 25 chilling tales revolve around Indigenous experiences and beliefs, cranking up the creepy factor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• New Native Kitchen

  Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian

  Bitsoie, Freddie,

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  New Native Kitchen is a celebration of Indigenous cuisine. Accompanied by original artwork by Gabriella Trujillo and offering delicious dishes like Cherrystone Clam Soup from the Northeastern Wampanoag and Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Otter Doesn't Know

  Fritz, Andrea,

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  Lost in the Salish Sea, Thuqi' the sockeye salmon and Tumus the sea otter learn to help each other, even though they don't have all the answers, in this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and traditional Indigenous storytelling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Power of Style

  How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures

  Allaire, Christian, 1992-

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  Style is not just the clothes on our backs--it is self-expression, representation, and transformation. As a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he looked to for…Read moreRead more of this annotation