1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
A First Nations family (Canadian Indigenous People) spends the day with their grandma Yayah collecting wild plants and fruits. They learn words and practice speaking their language. Includes an author’s note and a glossary with pronunciation guide.
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A girl and her grandfather explore the circles all around them and the cyclical nature of life and death.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
A Native family waits for their loved one to return from the war. Includes an author’s note.
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A young girl and her mother move away from her family. The girl begins to befriend her elderly neighbor, whose health is starting to fail. They bond over art. As her neighbor Agnes’s health continues to worsen, Katherna tries to figure out how to make Agnes feel better.
3_*L/M NATIVE NATIONS HISTORY
Black Elk was a Lakota medicine man and cousin to Crazy Horse. This biography details what life was like for Native Americans in the late 19th century and early 20th century when their lands were overrun by white people and Native people were forced onto reservations.
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Windy Girl and her dog Itchy Boy attend a powwow with her uncle. Windy Girl goes to sleep and has a fanciful dream in which all the powwow attendants are dogs. She wakes in time for the last dance of the powwow. Bilingual in English and Ojibwe.
3_*L/M NATIVE NATIONS NORTHWEST
A biography of Buffalo Bird Girl, a Hidatsa girl in the early 19th century.
3_*L/M NATIVE NATIONS NORTHWEST
Before written language, the Nisg̱a’a carved totem poles to tell their history. This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a totem pole. The raising of a totem pole is like the birth of an important person. A totem pole is a link to the past, a teacher, and a storyteller.
1_•L WAR
Chester Nez was sent to an Indian boarding school at the age of 8, where he was told to forget the Navajo language and speak only English. But Chester did not forget it. When the United States entered World War II, the military needed a way to send coded messages that were unbreakable. They turned to Navajo soldiers, including Chester Nez, who used the Navajo language to help develop an unbreakable and undetectable code to be used during the war. The Navajo code was a military secret until the late 1960s, when it was declassified.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Joe and Cody invent games as they camp alongside different lakes in the Manitoba region of Canada with their family and their pet dog. They invent games with sticks. The boys like to gently tie strings around dragonflies and make dragonfly kites. After they say goodbye to their dragonfly friends, the boys dream about the dragonflies at night. Bilingual in English and Cree.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Describes the making of frybread, a traditional bread eaten by Native Americans across the United States. Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal for Nonfiction. Includes a recipe for making frybread.
1_•J SELF GENDER
Ho’onani does not see herself as wahine (girl) or kane (boy) but somewhere in the middle. Ho’onani gets the opportunity to participate in a hula, associated with males. Despite disapproval from her family, she gets the lead role and dances the hula. In the end, she gets support from her family. Based on a true story. Neither the writer nor the illustrator are Native Hawaiian.
3_*L/M NATIVE NATIONS HISTORY
Irene lives with her family on the Nipissing First Nation reservation until the Canadian government forces Irene to go to residential school. At the school, Irene is referred to by the number “759.” She endures abuse from the nuns who run the school but she never forgets her name or where she came from.
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Jenna wants to dance at the powwow, but does not have enough jingles for her dress. She asks her relatives and neighbors if they can lend her jingles to attach to her dress for the powwow. In the end, she collects enough jingles to dance at the powwow.
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Johnny asks his grandma to pull over when he sees a pheasant on the ground. Johnny helps to nurse the pheasant back to health. When the pheasant leaves, it drops a feather for Johnny’s grandma.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Nimoshom (Grandfather in Cree) drives his bus every day and picks up school children. Includes a glossary with basic Cree words.
3_*L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Olemaun (Margaret) returns home to her family after two years at school. However, she can no longer speak her parents’ language and has to relearn all the customs and traditions she has since forgotten. Sequel to When I Was Eight.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Shi-shi-etko is about to go to a residential school in a few days. She uses her last remaining days at home to spend time with her family and engrave her home into her memory.
Shin-Chi's Canoe, by Nicola I. Campbell
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Sequel to Shi-shi-ekto. Shishiekto’s brother Shin-Chi is now at the age to go to residential school. Before they go, their father gives Shin-Chi a small canoe and promises that they will dig their own canoes when the children return from residential school. Details the harsh experience of residential school and what the children go through. Shin-Chi and his sister are given English names and are not allowed to talk to each other. They are not fed enough food. They learn different things. Shin-Chi sneaks to the river to play with his toy canoe. At the end of the school year, when the sockeye salmon appear, the children are able to return home.
3_*L/M NATIVE NATIONS HISTORY
A biography of Sitting Bull, a Lakota warrior and leader of the Lakota nation.
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A young girl asks her grandfather how to say the word “Grandfather” in Cree. Her grandfather explains he can no longer speak Cree because he went to a residential school when he was younger and they forced him to speak English. The granddaughter finds a book called “Introduction to Cree” and she and her grandfather practice learning Cree together. Includes a glossary of terms.
3_*L/M NATIVE NATIONS
A history of Native Americans and their struggles for civil rights from the past to the present
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Two boys have recently lost their grandmother, Nokoo. Their uncle tells them about the Forever Sky and stories about the stars. Every night, the boys observe the stars and the night sky and draw comfort in that and the memory of their grandmother Nokoo.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
The Grizzly Bear is a part of the Gitxsan ecosystem. This book explores the journey of the grizzly mother and shows how everything is interconnected.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
A history of Native Nations in North America from the beginning of time to the present.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
The Sockeye Salmon is a fish that nourishes the Gitxsan people. This book shows the journey of the sockeye salmon and how animals, seasons, nature, and people are all interconnected.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Two cousins, Tom and Will, hear the story of the Windigo from their uncle. Uncle tells them that the WIndigo is the “Wandering NIght Spirit of Winter” and to be feared! The boys get more than they bargain for when they hear this story.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
“Otsaliheliga” means “grateful” or “gratitude” in the Cherokee language. Readers see a year in the life of a Cherokee family and their nation while they give thanks for different events and occasions.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Olemaun wants to learn how to read, like her sister Rosie. However, the only way for her to learn is by going to a residential school. Olemaun begs and begs, and her father relents. At the residential school, Olemaun is renamed “Margaret.” A nun tries to break Olemaun’s spirit, but she perseveres in residential school and learns how to read.
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A young girl spends time with her grandmother in the garden. She starts to ask her grandmother about why she wears colorful dresses. Why does she wear her hair long? Why does she always speak Cree? The grandmother tells the girl about her time in residential school to explain why she does the things she does.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS
Clarence and his grandmother spend the day picking wild berries. They run into an ant, a fox. and spider in the woods. Includes words in Cree, a pronunciation guide and glossary, and a recipe for wild berry jam.
1_•L/M NATIVE NATIONS [MANKILLER]
Wilma Mankiller became the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. This biography describes Wilma’s life growing up and her relocation to San Francisco. Readers also see her involvement in Indigenous activisim and how she eventually relocates back to Oklahoma to work to improve the lives of her fellow people of the Cherokee Nation. Includes author and illustrator’s notes and a timeline of events.