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How We Go Home

How We Go Home

Voices From Indigenous North America

Book - 2020

How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America shares contemporary first-person stories in the long and ongoing fight to protect Native land, rights, and life. Published by Heymarket Books. How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America shares contemporary first-person stories in the long and ongoing fight to protect Native land, rights, and life. Published by Heymarket Books. Show less

How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America shares contemporary first-person stories in the long and ongoing fight to protect Native land, rights, and life. Published by Heymarket Books. How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America shares contemporary first-person stories in the long and ongoing fight to protect Native land, rights, and life. Published by Heymarket Books. Show less

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Red Indian Road West

Red Indian Road West

Native American Poetry From California

Book - 2016

The work of 31 poets from 29 tribes, Red Indian Road West is the first poetry anthology encompassing the entire range of Native American experience in California. The work of 31 poets from 29 tribes, Red Indian Road West is the first poetry anthology encompassing the entire range of Native American experience in California. Show less

The work of 31 poets from 29 tribes, Red Indian Road West is the first poetry anthology encompassing the entire range of Native American experience in California. The work of 31 poets from 29 tribes, Red Indian Road West is the first poetry anthology encompassing the entire range of Native American experience in California. Show less

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No Deal!

No Deal!

Indigenous Arts and the Politics of Possession

Book - 2012

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"All the Real Indians Died Off"

"All the Real Indians Died Off"

And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

by Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne

Book - 2016

Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans. Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans. Show less

Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans. Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans. Show less

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Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Kimmerer, Robin Wall

Book - 2013

An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose p...Show more An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Show less

An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose p...Show more An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Show less

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When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry

Book - 2020

United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology. United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology. Show less

United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology. United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology. Show less

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Ceremony

Ceremony

by Silko, Leslie Marmon

Book - 1986

The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit. The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit. Show less

The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit. The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit. Show less

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Speaking of Indigenous Politics

Speaking of Indigenous Politics

Conversations With Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders

by Kauanui, J. Kēhaulani

Book - 2018

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Cherokee America

Cherokee America

by Verble, Margaret

Book - 2019

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud's Line, an epic novel that follows a web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud's Line, an epic novel that follows a web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center. Show less

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud's Line, an epic novel that follows a web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud's Line, an epic novel that follows a web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center. Show less

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Crazy Brave

Crazy Brave

A Memoir

by Harjo, Joy

Book - 2012

A memoir from the Native American poet describes her youth with an abusive stepfather, becoming a single teen mom, and how she struggled to finally find inner peace and her creative voice. A memoir from the Native American poet describes her youth with an abusive stepfather, becoming a single teen mom, and how she struggled to finally find inner peace and her creative voice. Show less

A memoir from the Native American poet describes her youth with an abusive stepfather, becoming a single teen mom, and how she struggled to finally find inner peace and her creative voice. A memoir from the Native American poet describes her youth with an abusive stepfather, becoming a single teen mom, and how she struggled to finally find inner peace and her creative voice. Show less

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Crooked Hallelujah

Crooked Hallelujah

by Ford, Kelli Jo

eBook - 2020

The stories of Justine―a mixed-blood Cherokee woman― and her daughter, Reney, as they move from Eastern Oklahoma’s Indian Country in the hopes of starting a new, more stable life in Texas amid the oil bust of the 1980s. The stories of Justine―a mixed-blood Cherokee woman― and her daughter, Reney, as they move from Eastern Oklahoma’s Indian Country in the hopes of starting a new, more stable life in Texas amid the oil bust of the 1980s. Show less

The stories of Justine―a mixed-blood Cherokee woman― and her daughter, Reney, as they move from Eastern Oklahoma’s Indian Country in the hopes of starting a new, more stable life in Texas amid the oil bust of the 1980s. The stories of Justine―a mixed-blood Cherokee woman― and her daughter, Reney, as they move from Eastern Oklahoma’s Indian Country in the hopes of starting a new, more stable life in Texas amid the oil bust of the 1980s. Show less

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Heart Berries

Heart Berries

A Memoir

by Mailhot, Terese Marie

Book - 2018

A powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfu...Show more A powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. Show less

A powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfu...Show more A powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. Show less

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House Made of Dawn

House Made of Dawn

by Momaday, N. Scott

Book - 2010

This 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner, tells the story of a young American Indian named Abel, home from a foreign war and caught between two worlds: one his fat...Show more This 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner, tells the story of a young American Indian named Abel, home from a foreign war and caught between two worlds: one his father's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons and the harsh beauty of the land; the other of industrial America, a goading him into a compulsive cycle of dissipation and disgust. Show less

This 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner, tells the story of a young American Indian named Abel, home from a foreign war and caught between two worlds: one his fat...Show more This 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner, tells the story of a young American Indian named Abel, home from a foreign war and caught between two worlds: one his father's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons and the harsh beauty of the land; the other of industrial America, a goading him into a compulsive cycle of dissipation and disgust. Show less

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Native Resistance

Native Resistance

An Intergenerational Fight for Survival and Life

by War Jack, LaNada

Book - 2019

Dr. LaNada War Jack chronicles the events tied to the genocide of Native people in the United States — from forced removal to federal reservations and her...Show more Dr. LaNada War Jack chronicles the events tied to the genocide of Native people in the United States — from forced removal to federal reservations and her life during the late sixties at UC Berkeley, the Occupation of Alcatraz Island, Pyramid Lake Water War in Nevada, to the Standing Rock Resistance in North Dakota. Show less

Dr. LaNada War Jack chronicles the events tied to the genocide of Native people in the United States — from forced removal to federal reservations and her...Show more Dr. LaNada War Jack chronicles the events tied to the genocide of Native people in the United States — from forced removal to federal reservations and her life during the late sixties at UC Berkeley, the Occupation of Alcatraz Island, Pyramid Lake Water War in Nevada, to the Standing Rock Resistance in North Dakota. Show less

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

by Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne

Book - 2014

Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire. Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire. Show less

Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire. Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire. Show less

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In the Night of Memory

In the Night of Memory

A Novel

by Grover, Linda LeGarde

Book - 2019

When Loretta surrenders her young girls to the county and then disappears, she becomes one more missing Native woman in Indian Country's long devastating ...Show more When Loretta surrenders her young girls to the county and then disappears, she becomes one more missing Native woman in Indian Country's long devastating history of loss. But she is also a daughter of the Mozhay Point Reservation in northern Minnesota and the mother of Azure and Rain, ages 3 and 4, and her absence haunts all the lives she has touched--and all the stories they tell in this novel. Show less

When Loretta surrenders her young girls to the county and then disappears, she becomes one more missing Native woman in Indian Country's long devastating ...Show more When Loretta surrenders her young girls to the county and then disappears, she becomes one more missing Native woman in Indian Country's long devastating history of loss. But she is also a daughter of the Mozhay Point Reservation in northern Minnesota and the mother of Azure and Rain, ages 3 and 4, and her absence haunts all the lives she has touched--and all the stories they tell in this novel. Show less

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The Night Watchman

The Night Watchman

A Novel

by Erdrich, Louise

Book - 2020

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight ag...Show more Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman. Show less

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight ag...Show more Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman. Show less

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Postcolonial Love Poem

Postcolonial Love Poem

by Diaz, Natalie

Book - 2020

Natalie Diaz's highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec , winner of an American Book Award, Postcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Natalie Diaz's highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec , winner of an American Book Award, Postcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Show less

Natalie Diaz's highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec , winner of an American Book Award, Postcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Natalie Diaz's highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec , winner of an American Book Award, Postcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Show less

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Robopocalypse

Robopocalypse

A Novel

by Wilson, Daniel H.

Book - 2011

Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel agains...Show more Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel against their human controllers. Archos, a powerful artificial intelligence, begins to take over the world's technology and turn it against humanity, launching a robot war that no one seems to be able to contain or stop. Show less

Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel agains...Show more Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel against their human controllers. Archos, a powerful artificial intelligence, begins to take over the world's technology and turn it against humanity, launching a robot war that no one seems to be able to contain or stop. Show less

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Savage Conversations

Savage Conversations

by Howe, LeAnne

Book - 2019

A daring account of a former first lady and the ghosts that tormented her for the contradictions and crimes on which this nation is founded. A daring account of a former first lady and the ghosts that tormented her for the contradictions and crimes on which this nation is founded. Show less

A daring account of a former first lady and the ghosts that tormented her for the contradictions and crimes on which this nation is founded. A daring account of a former first lady and the ghosts that tormented her for the contradictions and crimes on which this nation is founded. Show less

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There There

There There

by Orange, Tommy

Book - 2018

Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Show less

Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Show less

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Trail of Lightning

Trail of Lightning

by Roanhorse, Rebecca

Book - 2018

While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Show less

While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Show less

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A Two-spirit Journey

A Two-spirit Journey

The Autobiography of A Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

by Chacaby, Ma-Nee

Book - 2016

Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojib...Show more Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby's story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism. Show less

Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojib...Show more Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby's story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism. Show less

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Where the Dead Sit Talking

Where the Dead Sit Talking

by Hobson, Brandon

Book - 2018

A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old...Show more A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface--that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts. Show less

A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old...Show more A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface--that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts. Show less

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Like A Hurricane

Like A Hurricane

The Indian Movement From Alcatraz to Wounded Knee

by Smith, Paul Chaat

Book - 1996

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