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• Classified

  the Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

  Sorell, Traci,

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  Children's Picture Book. Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math–and the Cherokee values she was raised with–shaped her life and work.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving

  Newell, Chris,

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  Children's Picture Book. Do you know the true story of the Thanksgiving feast at Plimoth? Carefully crafted to explore both sides of the event known as “the first Thanksgiving,” a multi-award-winning museum professional delves into the feast at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Josie Dances

  Lajimodiere, Denise K.,

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  Children's Picture Book. As she prepares for her first powwow, an Ojibwa girl practices her dance steps, gets help from her family, and is inspired by the soaring flight of Migizi, the eagle. (Author & Illustrator both identify as Turtle Mountain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On the Trapline

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  Children's Picture Book. A boy and his grandpa, Moshom, take a trip to the trapline where Moshom grew up hunting and living off the land. (Author identifies as Norway House Cree Nation; Illustrator identifies as Cree-Métis.)

• Shaped by Her Hands

  Potter Maria Martinez

  Freeman, Anna Harber,

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  Children's Picture Book. This inspiring story of family and creativity illuminates how Native American potter Maria Povika Martinez' belief in sharing her love of clay brought success and joy from her New Mexico Pueblo people to people all across…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sharice's Big Voice

  a Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

  Davids, Sharice, 1980-

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  Children's Picture Book. During her run for Congress, Sharice Davids was told she couldn't win because of how she looked, who she loved, and where she came from. Yet, she became one of the first Native American women to reach Congress, and the first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Treaty Words

  for as Long as the Rivers Flow

  Craft, Aimée, 1980-

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  Children's Picture Book. On the banks of the river that have been Mishomis’ home his whole life, he teaches his granddaughter to listen - to hear both the sounds and the silences, and in doing so to learn her place in Creation. (Author identifies as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We All Play

  Kimêtawânaw

  Flett, Julie,

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  Children's Picture Book. Flett celebrates playtime and children’s connection with the natural world. Meet birds who chirp, bears who wobble, whales who swim, owls who peek, and a diverse group of kids who love to do the same, shouting: We play too!…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Still Here!

  Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

  Sorell, Traci,

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  Children's Picture Book. Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Native life, each with a powerful refrain: We are still here! (Author identifies as Cherokee Nation.)

• We Dream Medicine Dreams

  Boivin, Lisa, 1970-

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  Children's Picture Book. When a little girl dreams about a bear, her grandfather explains how we connect with the knowledge of our ancestors through dreams. But when Grampa gets sick, she must lean on his teachings as she learns to say goodbye.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where Wonder Grows

  Gonzalez, Xelena,

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  Children's Picture Book. A grandmother bonds with her granddaughters as she teaches them how much they can learn from nature just by being curious. (Author identifies as Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation; Illustrator identifies as Indigenous.)

• Ancestor Approved

  Intertribal Stories for Kids

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  Children's Chapter Books. In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell art, and celebrate friendship and heritage. Young protagonists meet relatives, strangers, and sometimes one another (plus one scrappy rez dog). They are the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Borders

  King, Thomas, 1943-

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  Children's Chapter Book. A boy and his mother on a road trip into the United States from Canada identify their citizenship as Blackfoot. Refusing to first identify as either American or Canadian bars their entry into the US, and later their return…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Healer of the Water Monster

  Young, Brian

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  Children's Chapter Book. This debut novel inspired by Native American culture follows the experiences of a boy whose summer at his grandmother’s reservation home is shaped by his uncle’s addictions and an encounter with a sacred being from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Used-to-be Best Friend

  Quigley, Dawn,

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  Children's Chapter Book. Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a little different from the rest of her Ojibwe reservation. Even though Jo Jo loves her best friend Mimi (a cat), she wants to make more friends because her best friend at school may not want to be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rez Dogs

  Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

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  Children's Chapter Book. When the COVID-19 pandemic starts, Malian, a young Wabanaki girl, is quarantined with her grandparents on the reservation. There she befriends a local dog, and learns about her ancestors and how they always survive together.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sea in Winter

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  Children's Chapter Book. Feeling hopeless after an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up. (Author…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sea-ringed World

  Sacred Stories of the Americas

  García Esperón, María,

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  Children's Chapter Book. Tales from 18 Indigenous cultures portray how the first peoples of the Americas have seen their world and their place in it, beginning thousands of years before Europeans arrived. (Author identifies as Indigenous.)

• Sisters of the Neversea

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich,

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  Children's Chapter Book. In this modern twist on Peter Pan, stepsisters Lily and Wendy are spirited away to Neverland by a mysterious boy and must find a way back to the family they love. (Author identifies as Muscogee Creek.)

• A Snake Falls to Earth

  Badger, Darcie Little

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  Teen. Nina is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and Oli is a cottonmouth kid, a half-snake creature from the land of spirits and monsters. Neither knows the other exists, but a catastrophic event on Earth and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best…Read moreRead more of this annotation