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• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall,

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  Robin Wall Kimmerer is a biologist who blends studies of indigenous wisdom with western scientific knowing. This book is such a breath of fresh air, and provides a much needed alternative to how we commune with nature. Her book gives me hope, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yellow Bird

  Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

  Murdoch, Sierra Crane,

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  This is an engrossing true story of a murder on an Indian reservation and the determined Arikara woman, Lissa Yellow Bird, who was determined to get to the truth. The author, Sierra Crane Murdoch delves deep into this story of murder and the woman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light

  Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

  Harjo, Joy

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  In this exquisite collection, spanning five decades, Joy Harjo curates her finest works, beginning with her earliest discoveries of self-expression and concluding with poignant reflections on the present moment. Each poem is accompanied by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• As Long as Grass Grows

  The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock

  Gilio-Whitaker, Dina

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  "Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities, while it also attends to the colonial history and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

  Native America From 1890 to the Present

  Treuer, David,

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  Bestselling Ojibwe author David Treuer, who grew up in the Leech Lake Nation in Northern Minnesota, provides an expansive overview of Indigenous American history ranging from the Wounded Knee massacre to present-day, incorporating historical events…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Project 562

  Changing the Way We See Native America

  Wilbur, Matika,

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  "Superb collection of images of Indigenous peoples throughout the U.S. Featuring hundreds of portraits, this book represents years of travel, conversations, and quiet negotiations. Whether old or young, the people the author portrays speak to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rediscovery of America

  Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

  Blackhawk, Ned,

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  Yale historian Ned Blackhawk revisits hundreds of years of American history but shifts the role of native peoples from the periphery to a central agent who played an important role in the evolution of America.

• Empire of Wild

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  Scary and emotional story about a Métis woman trying to find her missing husband. When she does find him, he's been taken in by a traveling fundamentalist Christian group and claims he doesn't recognize her.

• The Round House

  Erdrich, Louise

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  "The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece—at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving, novel of family, history and culture." -Goodreads

• Where the Dead Sit Talking

  Hobson, Brandon

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  The latest from Hobson (Deep Ellum) is a smart, dark novel of adolescence, death, and rural secrets set in late-1980s Oklahoma. -From the publisher

• Don't Fear the Reaper

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  The 2nd in Jones's Indian Lake Triology, "Jones works his terrifying magic yet again with a cast of brilliantly rendered characters, a deadly blizzard, and a series of murders so disturbing in their imaginative detailing that you’ll be glad to have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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• There There

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  This debut novel set in Oakland, California, also includes searing essays on Native American history and identity.

• A Council of Dolls

  Power, Mona Susan, 1961-

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  "In the wrenching latest from Power (Standing Rock Sioux), three generations of Dakhóta women grapple with a legacy of mistreatment by the U.S. government. Power's deep knowledge of Indigenous history comes through in keen depictions of the Indian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mother

  RedCherries, m. s.,

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• Fire Exit

  Talty, Morgan, 1991-

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• Earthdivers. Volume One, Kill Columbus

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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• Love After the End

  An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

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  An anthology of queer Indigenous speculative fiction, showcasing new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer) Indigenous writers from across North America.

• The Truth According to Ember

  Nava, Danica,

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• Trail of Lightning

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  "It is the near future, and a cataclysmic flood has drowned two thirds of the planet. The bulk of the remaining land is the Dinétah, home of the Navajo (known among themselves as the Diné). When the Big Water rose up, so did the gods and monsters…Read moreRead more of this annotation