National Native American Heritage Month | 10 Books To Add To the Collection and Share with Readers

by Sarah Hashimoto
Nov 07, 2024 | Filed in Reviews+

In recognition of National Native American Heritage Month, signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and also referred to as Native American Heritage Month or National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, this booklist recognizes the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples and marks their varied cultures, achievements, and contributions.

In recognition of National Native American Heritage Month, signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and also referred to as Native American Heritage Month or National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, this booklist recognizes the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples and marks their varied cultures, achievements, and contributions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiction

Dimaline, Cherie. VenCo. Morrow. Feb. 2024. 400p. ISBN 9780063054905. pap. $19.99. FANTASY

Earling, Debra Magpie. The Lost Journals of Sacajewea. Milkweed Editions. May 2024. 264p. ISBN 9781639550746. pap. $18. LITERARY

Erdrich, Louise. The Sentence. Harper Perennial. Aug. 2022. 400p. ISBN 9780062671134. pap. $19. LITERARY

Jones, Stephen Graham. My Heart Is a Chainsaw. Saga: S. & S. Mar. 2022. 432p. ISBN 9781982137649. pap. $18.99. HORROR

Peters, Amanda. The Berry Pickers. Catapult. Oct. 2024. 320p. ISBN 9781646222384. pap. $17.95. COMING OF AGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonfiction

Blackhawk, Ned. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Yale Univ. Oct. 2024. 616p. ISBN 9780300276671. pap. $22. HISTORY

Diaz, Natalie. When My Brother Was an Aztec. Copper Canyon. Aug. 2022. 122p. ISBN 9781556596049. $34.99. POETRY

Estes, Nick, and Melanie Yazzie, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and David Correia. Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation. PM Pr. Jul. 2021. 176p. ISBN 9781629638317. pap. $17.95. SOCIAL SCIENCES

LaPointe, Sasha taqʷšəblu. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a West Salish Punk. Counterpoint. Mar. 2023. 240p. ISBN 9781640095885. pap. $16.95. MEMOIR

Myers, Leah. Thinning Blood: An Indigenous Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity. Norton. Jul. 2024. 192p. ISBN 9781324076278. pap. $15.99. MEMOIR

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