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This list, written with #OwnVoices, includes stories of everyday life, of special occasions, and of boarding schools and their long-lasting effects, all representing a variety of experiences of Indigenous people and tribal nations.

PICTURE BOOKS

Nipêhon = I Wait by Caitlin Dale Nicholson 

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At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorrell 

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Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie 

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Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard

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First Laugh Welcome, Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe and Nancy Bo Flood 

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Birdsong by Julie Flett

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We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom 

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Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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Stolen Words by Melanie Florence

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Bowwow Powwow = bagosenjige-niimi’idim by Brenda J. Child 

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Wild Berries by Julie Flett 

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When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson 

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Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk 

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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrell (also available with CD) 

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Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle 

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The Christmas Coat: memories of my Sioux childhood by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve 

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When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton 

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Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton 

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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson 

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The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson 

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Shi-shietko by Nicola Campbell 

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Grandpa’s Girls by Nicola Campbell 

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Fall in Line, Holden! By Daniel W. Vandever 

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Saltypie: a Choctaw journey from darkness into light by Tim Tingle 

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In My Anaana’s Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok 

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CHAPTER/MIDDLE GRADE 

Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky: poetry and prose by Lakota youth at Red Cloud Indian School edited by Timothy McLaughlin 

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Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton

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I Can Make this Promise by Christine Day 

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Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell 

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Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 

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I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis 

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The Birchbark House by Lousie Erdrich 

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The Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall  

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How I became a Ghost by Tim Tingle  

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Stone River Crossing by Tim Tingle  

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YOUNG ADULT

Fiction

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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Killer of Enemies trilogy by Joseph Bruchac

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Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today edited by Lori Marie Carlson

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The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

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My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson

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The Round House by Louise Erdrich

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If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth

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Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth

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Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones

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Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley

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Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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The Night Wanderer: a Native Gothic Novel by Drew Hayden Taylor

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A Name Earned by Tim Tingle

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Spirits Dark and Light: Supernatural Tales From the Five Civilized Tribes by Tim Tingle

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Nonfiction

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale

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#NotYourPrincess edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale

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Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s by Tiffany Midge

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An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese

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Comics available in print and on Hoopla

Trickster Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection edited by Matt Dembicki

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Debwe: A Blanket of Butterflies by Richard Van Camp

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This Place: 150 Years Retold by Various

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Surviving the City Vol 1 by Tasha Spillett

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A Girl Called Echo trilogy by Katherena Vermette

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Debwe: The Three Feathers by Richard Van Camp

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Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson

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7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga by D. A. Robertson

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Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David Alexander Robertson

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Debwe: Fire Starters by Jen Storm

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Tales From Big Spirit series by David A. Robertson

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Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

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