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Native American Heritage Month 2024

Learn something new with these nonfiction books written by Native American authors. *List created by Amanda at the Withers Branch.*

Mid-Continent Public Library

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  • Living Resistance

    An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day

    Curtice, Kaitlin B.
    This book helps readers understand that resistance can be gentle, generous, and generative. *Kaitlin B. Curtice is an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation.
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  • Easily recreate these modernized dishes using traditional ingredients and cooking techniques of the Dakota and Minnesota territories. *Sean Sherman is Oglala Lakota Sioux.
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  • Notable Native People

    50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present

    Keene, Adrienne, 1985-
    There are so many amazing Indigenous role models to look up to--this book names just a few. *Adrienne Keene is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
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  • Shapes of Native Nonfiction

    Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers

    Washuta, Elissa
    This collection of essays has works by both established and emerging Native writers. A good collection of creative and distinct Native literary traditions in North America. *Elissa Washuta is a member of the Cowlitz tribe.
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  • Grief and loss are universal experiences of life. Danielle takes readers with her as she deals with the loss of her mother to drugs. The past, present, and future all come together in this memoir of love, loss and finding one's identity.…
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  • Rez Life

    An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life

    Treuer, David
    A look at past and present Indigenous life on a reservation that dismisses stereotypes and takes a look at what really matters. *David Treuer is Ojibwe.
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  • New Native Kitchen

    Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian

    Bitsoie, Freddie,
    Award winning chefs create modern dishes using Indigenous ingredients from all across America. *Freddie Bitsole is Diné (Navajo).
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  • The first US Poet Laureate of Native American descent, Joy Harjo opens up about the hardships she has faced in this raw, poignant memoir. *Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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  • Terese writes with such emotional rawness about her life in this short story collection. *Terese Maire Mailhot is Nlaka'pamux Salish.
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  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    Grann, David
    While not of Native American descent, David Grann writes about a forgotten moment in history where Osage Indians were dying under mysterious circumstances after oil was discovered on their land. A newly formed FBI begins to investigate the…
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