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Native American Heritage Month - NonfictionUnpublished

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to reflect on the rich cultural traditions, histories, and contributions of Native peoples across the United States. These works offer a diverse range of perspectives on Native American life, history, culture, and advocacy.

Updated November 5, 2024

Grand Prairie Memorial Library

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Discovering native North American cultures

Ciovacco, Justine.

Paper Book

This insightful guide explores the pre-Columbian native civilizations that thrived in North America, revealing a diverse range of cultures, languages, and customs. Particularly interesting is the examination of the various adaptations necessary for life in a continent that ranges from the arctic to...

The heartbeat of Wounded Knee : native America from 1890 to the present

Treuer, David

Paper Book

Beginning with the tribes' devastating loss of land and the forced assimilation of their children at government-run boarding schools, he shows how the period of greatest adversity also helped to incubate a unifying Native identity. He traces how conscription in the US military and the pull of urban...

In the hands of the Great Spirit : the 20,000-year history of American Indians

Page, Jake.

Paper Book

The story of the American Indians has, until now, been told as a 500-year tragedy, a story of violent and fatal encounters with Europeans and their diseases, followed by steady retreat, defeat, and diminishment. Yet the true story begins much earlier, and its final recent chapter adds a major twist....

Indigenous continent : the epic contest for North America

HaÌˆmaÌˆlaÌˆinen, Pekka

Paper Book

There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus "discovers" a strange continent and brings back tales of untold riches. The European empires rush over, eager to stake out as much of this astonishing "New World" as possible. Though Indigenous peoples fight back,...

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne.

Paper Book

New York Times Bestseller Now part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul Peck Recipient of the American Book Award The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples ...

An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people

Mendoza, Jean

Paper Book

2020 American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book 2020 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People,selected by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council 2019 Best-Of Lists- Best YA Nonfiction of...

Native American stories for kids : 12 traditional stories from Indigenous tribes across North America

Weso, T. F. Pecore

Paper Book

Explore Native American narratives--for kids ages 6 to 9 Get a head start on this school year's history lesson by learning all about Native American history. Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a...

Native Americans in history : a history book for kids

Beason, Jimmy

Paper Book

Celebrate the powerful stories of influential Native Americans-for kids ages 8 to 12 From every background and tribal nation, native people are a vital part of history. This collection of Native American stories for kids explores 15 Native Americans and some of the incredible things they...

Native nations : a millennium in North America

DuVal, Kathleen

Paper Book

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * "A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history" (The New York Review of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE, THE...

Notable native people : 50 indigenous leaders, dreamers, and changemakers from past and present

Keene, Adrienne

Paper Book

An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation An American Indian...

Project 562 : changing the way we see Native America

Wilbur, Matika

Paper Book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native American life and cultures, alongside an in-depth examination of issues that Native people face, by celebrated photographer and storyteller Matika Wilbur of the Swinomish and Tulalip Tribes. ...

The rediscovery of America : native peoples and the unmaking of U.S. history

Blackhawk, Ned

Paper Book

National Bestseller Winner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Award in History * Winner of 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction * Winner of the 2024 Mark Lynton History Prize ...

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