November is National Native American Heritage Month
Celebrate the history, culture, and
traditions of Native Americans in a special collection of both fiction and
nonfiction books below.
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Physical
Book • eBook • eAudiobook
Seventeen-year-old Elatsoe can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed
down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has
just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do
more than pry. The picture-perfect façade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets,
and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and
protect her family
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Physical
Book • eBook • eAudiobook
Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care
for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a
series of drug-related deaths.
Dreaming in Indian edited by
Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Physical
Book
A powerful and visually stunning anthology from some of the most groundbreaking
Native artists working in North America today. Truly universal in its themes,
Dreaming In Indian will shatter commonly held stereotypes and challenge readers
to rethink their own place in the world. Divided into four sections, ‘Roots,’
‘Battles,’ ‘Medicines,’ and ‘Dreamcatchers,’ this book offers readers a unique
insight into a community often misunderstood and misrepresented by the
mainstream media.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Physical
Book • eBook
Examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples' resistance, resilience, and fight
against imperialism in the United States, revealing the roles that colonialism
and American policies played in forming a national identity.
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
Physical
Book • eAudiobook
Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has
a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975
upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans
and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.
Fated by Alyson Noel
Physical
Book • eAudiobook
Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people
stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue
eyes haunts all her dreams. Fearing for her daughter's sanity, Daire's mother
sends her to live with the grandmother she's never met, but who recognizes the
visions for what they truly are-the call to her destiny as a Soul Seeker-one
who can navigate the worlds between the living and dead.
Canyons by Gary
Paulsen
Physical Book
Finding a skull on a camping trip in the canyons outside El Paso, Texas,
Brennan becomes involved with the fate of a young Apache Indian who lived in
the late 1800s.
Sorceress by Celia
Rees
Physical Book
Eighteen-year-old Agnes, a Mohawk Indian who is descended from a line of
shamanic healers, uses her own newly-discovered powers to uncover the story of
her ancestor, a seventeenth-century New England English healer who fled charges
of witchcraft to make her life with the local Indians.
Stealing Indians by John Smelcer
Physical
Book
Four Indian teenagers are kidnapped from different regions, their lives changed
by an institution designed to eradicate their identity, and without family to
protect them, only their friendship helps them endure.
Feral Nights by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Physical
Book
Tracking his sister to Austin only to discover that she is a key suspect in a
murder case, werecat Yoshi embarks on a search for answers, while werepossum
Clyde and Aimee pursue their own investigation in an effort to avenge the
killing.