November is National Native American Heritage Month
In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, we have compiled a book list that is a mix of fiction and non-fiction spanning all age ranges. To learn more history of our country's indigenous people, click here to check out the National Archives website.
Click on the book cover images below to access our catalog. This book list was compiled by URead Readers Advisory Department.
Juvenile Fiction & Juvenile Non-Fiction | |||||
Meet Kaya: American Girl Collection by Janet Shaw |
Stolen Words by Melanie Florence |
D is for Drum: a Native American Alphabet by Michael and Debbie Shoulders |
Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief |
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Native American History for Kids: with 21 Activities by Karen Bush Gibson |
Native American Night Before Christmas by Gary Robinson |
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Young Adult Fiction and Young Adult Non-Fiction | |||||
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz |
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth |
A Girl Called Echo by Katherena Vermette |
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale |
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Adult Fiction | |||||
There There by Tommy Orange Click here for audiobook |
The Round House by Louise Erdrich Click here for audiobook |
Ceremony by Lelie Marmon Silko |
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones |
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Adult Non-Fiction and Biographies | |||||
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo |
The Real All Americans by Sally Jenkins |
Shapes of Native nonfiction: collected essays by contemporary writers Edited by Elissa Washuta & Theresa Warburton |
IndiVisible: African- Native American Lives in the Americas Edited by Gabrielle Tayac |
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Maria Tallchief America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief |
American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa |
Spirit Run: A 6,000 mile marathon through North America's Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez |