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• Black Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  (scifi) From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Heart Is a Chainsaw

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  (fiction) On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Empire of Wild

  a Novel

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  (thriller/horror) A story inspired by the Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou finds a woman reconnecting with her heritage when her missing husband reappears in the form of a charismatic preacher who does not recognize her. Think werewolves, lost…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brothers on Three

  a True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana

  Streep, Abe,

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  (nonfiction) From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community March 11, 2017, was a night to remember: in front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There There

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  (fiction:) Orange's commanding debut chronicles contemporary Native Americans in Oakland, as their lives collide in the days leading up to the city's inaugural Big Oakland Powwow. Bouncing between voices and points of view, Orange introduces 12…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sea in Winter

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  (middle grade fiction) 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.

• The Removed

  a Novel

  Hobson, Brandon,

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  (fiction) Seamlessly blending Cherokee folklore and generational trauma, Brandon Hobson’s second novel builds on the themes that earned him a National Book Award nomination in 2018. Told from multiple perspectives, the novel follows the Echota…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States

  Mays, Kyle T., 1987-

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  (nonfiction, history) The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America Beginning with pre-Revolutionary America and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 1953-

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  (nonfiction) As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A History of My Brief Body

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  (essay, memoir, lgbtq) Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and on the Driftpile First Nation. Piece by piece, Billy-Ray's writings invite us to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Hold Me Up

  Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-

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  (picture book) An evocative picture book intended to foster reconciliation among children and encourage them to show each other love and support.

• Healer of the Water Monster

  Young, Brian,

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  (middle grade fiction) When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Seed Keeper

  a Novel

  Wilson, Diane, 1954-

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  (fiction) A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most.

• The Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear

  Spence, Gerry,

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  (nonfiction, crime) The search for justice for a Lakota Sioux man wrongfully charged with murder, told here for the first time by his trial lawyer, Gerry Spence. This is the untold story of Collins Catch the Bear, a Lakota Sioux, who was wrongfully…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Carry

  a Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

  Jensen, Toni,

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  (memoir) A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author's encounters with gun violence--for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Terese Marie Mailhot. Toni Jensen grew up in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oak Flat

  a Fight for Sacred Land in the American West

  Redniss, Lauren,

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  (comics, nonfiction) Oak Flat tells the story of a race-against-time struggle for a swath of American land, which pits one of the poorest communities in the United States against the federal government and two of the world's largest mining…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers

  Poems

  Skeets, Jake,

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  (poetry) if Jake Skeets's collection is an unflinching portrait of the actual west, it is also a fierce reclamation of a living place--full of beauty as well as brutality, whose shadows are equally capable of protecting encounters between boys…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• #NotYourPrincess

  Voices of Native American Women

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  (anthology) Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. In the same style as the best-selling Dreaming in Indian, #Not Your Princess…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love After the End

  An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

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  (lgbtq, fiction) In this young adult anthology edited by Lambda Literary Award winner Joshua Whitehead, Indigenous authors contribute speculative short stories taking place in utopian and dystopian worlds featuring Two-Spirit and LGBT+ heroes.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Indian

  Buchanan, Shonda,

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  (memoir) Beautifully rendered and rippling with family dysfunction, secrets, deaths, alcoholism, and old resentments, Shonda Buchanan's memoir is an inspiring story that explores her family's legacy of being African Americans with American Indian…Read moreRead more of this annotation