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• The Barren Grounds

  Robertson, David A.

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  Children. Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They both struggle to fit in at school and at their new home — until they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Brave

  Bird, James,

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  Children. Collin has a unique condition that leads him to count every letter spoken to him. When Collin is asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live on a reservation in Minnesota with the Ojibwe mother he's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Case of the Missing Auntie

  Hutchinson, Michael, 1971-

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  Children. The Mighty Muskrats have a new case to solve: to find the whereabouts of their grandpa's long-lost sister. The Muskrats' search for their missing auntie takes them all the way to the government and reveals hard truths about their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Charles Albert Bender

  National Hall of Fame Pitcher

  Ferris, Kade,

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  Children. Ferris takes us through the life of Charles Albert Bender, a World Series-winning pitcher who invented the slider and was the first Minnesotan inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. (Author is Metis Nation Citizen of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ella Cara Deloria

  Dakota Language Protector

  Wilson, Diane, 1954-

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  Children. As a child, Ella loved to listen to her family tell stories in the Dakota language. She grew up to write stories of her own and was able to record many other American Indian peoples' stories and languages in an effort to share…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maria Tallchief

  Native America's Prima Ballerina

  Jennifer Marino Walters

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  Children. Maria Tallchief knew she wanted to dance while watching Osage dancers as a child in Oklahoma — though only men were allowed to dance in tribal ceremonies. Instead, Maria went on to become America's first prima ballerina.

• Mary and the Trail of Tears

  A Cherokee Removal Survival Story

  Rogers, Andrea L.

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  Children. Twelve-year-old Mary and her Cherokee family are forced out of their home in Georgia by U.S. soldiers in May 1838. Getting separated from her father and facing horrors such as internment, violence, disease, and harsh weather,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Peggy Flanagan

  Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor

  Engelking, Jessica,

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  Children. Peggy Flanagan is the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and the first Native woman to hold such a high elected statewide office in the United States. She is currently working hard to change how Native peoples' stories are told…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Powwow

  A Celebration through Song and Dance

  Pheasant-Neganigwane, Karen

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  Children. A powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins to the thriving powwow culture of today. (Author is Anishinaabe from Wiikwemkoong on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Range Eternal

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  Children. A story of hearth and home, of memory and imagination, of childhood recaptured in the reflection of a shiny blue woodstove, of the warm heart of family in the Turtle Mountains. (The Author is Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Train

  Callaghan, Jodie

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  Children. Ashley meets her great-uncle by the old train tracks near their reserve in Nova Scotia, and he shares with her the history of those tracks. During his childhood, the train would bring their community supplies. Later, the train…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Water Protectors

  Lindstrom, Carole

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  Children. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all. Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book, winner of the Caldecott Award, issues an urgent rallying cry to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Whale Child

  Egawa, Keith, 1966-

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  Children. Shiny, a whale child, teaches Alex the wisdom of the Native American value of environmental stewardship so that she can share it with others. Includes a glossary of environmental terms, facts about Pacific Northwest Native…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie

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  Teen. Elatsoe can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. The picture-perfect facade of her hometown masks gruesome secrets, and she must rely on her wits to protect her family.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From the Roots Up

  Spillett, Tasha

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  Teen. Dez and Miikwan’s stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City. Grieving from the death of her grandmother and living in a group home, Dez navigates a new relationship and coming into her identity as a two-spirit person. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band

  Staebler, Christian • Paoloni, Sonia

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  Teen. Brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas were talented Native American rock musicians that took the 1960s Sunset Strip by storm. They influenced The Doors and jammed with Jimmy Hendrix before he was “Jimi,” and the idea of a band made up of all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two Princes

  Blackbird, Maggie

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  Teen. To win over the chief’s haughty son, a drug-dealing punk from a dysfunctional family must risk the only two things he has: his reputation and freedom. (Author is Ojibway)

• How We Go Home

  Voices from Indigenous North America

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  Expressions. In myriad ways, each narrator’s life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience—and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take all that is Indigenous. Here, Sinclair…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Native Mexican Kitchen

  A Journey into Cuisine, Culture, and Mezcal

  Glueck, Rachel • Morales, Noel

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  Expressions. The Native Mexican Kitchen is an homage to the Indigenous peoples and their culinary and cultural traditions that create Mexican cuisine. (Morales is Aztec and Omec)

• Sovereignty

  a Play

  Nagle, Mary Kathryn,

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  Expressions. In this dual timeline play, a current day Cherokee lawyer and her colleague defend the inherent jurisdiction of the Cherokee Nation in the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, in 1835, their ancestors are bitterly divided over a…Read moreRead more of this annotation