Reader's Advisory: Native American and Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month

Learn about recent books to celebrate Native American and Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month. Books across all age levels will be shared!

Easy:

Mi'kmaw Daily Drum by Alan Syliboy, Berry Song by Michaela Goade, Powwow Day by Traci Sorell, Thunder and the Noise Storms by Jeffrey Paul Ansloos, Buffalo Wild! by Deirdre Havrelock, Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh : niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin'igning by Brittany Luby, On the Trapline by David A. Robertson, When Pumpkins Fly by Margaret Lawrence, The Day the Earth Rose Up by Alfreda Beartrack-Algeo Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's, Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten, Indigenous Peoples’ Day by Katrina M. Phillips, The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps A Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty Sharice's, Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes A Congresswoman by Sharice Richards.

Juvenile:

The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James Bird, The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson, The Case of Windy Lake by Michael Hutchinson, Tapwe and the Magic Hat by Buffy Sainte-Marie Borders by Thomas King and Natasha Donovan, Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée, The Rez Detectives by Steven Paul Judd, Thunderous by M.L. Smoker, Woman In the Woods and Other North American Stories, Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories by Dan C. Jones, We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell, Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector by Diane Wilson, Classified: the Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell, Maria Tallchief by Christine Day, Indigenous America by Liam McDonald, What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger, Encyclopedia of American Indian History and Culture by Cynthia O’Brien.

Teen:

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger, Walking In Two Worlds by Wab Kinew, Hunting By Stars by Cherie Dimaline, Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith, Native Actors and Filmmakers: Visual Storytellers by Gary Robinson.

Adult:

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson, This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples, Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah, My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty, Shutter by Ramona Emerson, Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel, A Calm & Normal Heart by Chelsea T. Hicks, Native American Love Stories and Other Stories by Jennifer Sault, Covered With Night: a Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace, New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian by Freddie Bitsoie, Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, & Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers, We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente, Red Paint: the Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšeblu LaPointe