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• The Power of Style

  How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures

  Allaire, Christian, 1992-

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  "As a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he looked to for inspiration. Now the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue, he is working to change that: because clothes are never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Native Women Changing Their Worlds

  Cutright, Patricia J.,

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  "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

  Life in Native America

  Treuer, David,

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  "Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated-if anything, it is thriving as much today as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killing the Wittigo

  Indigenous Culture-based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing : a Book for Young Adults

  Methot, Suzanne, 1968-

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  "A powerful book that uses plain language to talk about colonial trauma and transformational change. History. Identity. Lateral Violence. Complex Trauma. Who are we and how are we seen? How do we learn what safety is when we've never experienced it?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall,

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  "Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"

• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People

  Mendoza, Jean,

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  "Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples’ resistance, resilience, and steadfast fight against imperialism. Going beyond the story of America as a country “discovered” by a few brave men…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killers of the Flower Moon

  the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI : Adapted for Young Readers

  Grann, David,

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  "1920s Oklahoma. The richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma after oil was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Apple

  Skin to the Core : a Memoir in Words and Pictures

  Gansworth, Eric, 1965-

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  "The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redbone

  the True Story of a Native American Rock Band

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  "Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock 'n' roll pioneers Redbone. You've heard the hit song "Come and Get…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask

  Young Readers Edition

  Treuer, Anton,

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  An Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist answers the most commonly asked questions about Native Americans, both historical and modern.

• This Place

  150 Years Retold

  Elliott, Alicia (FRW)/ Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri (CON)/ Assu, Sonny (CON)/ Mitchell, Brandon (CON)/ Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel (CON)

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  "A graphic novel anthology depicts the last one hundred fifty years of Canadian history as seen through the eyes of the Indigenous peoples who inhabited the land before the Europeans arrived."

• Trickster

  Native American Tales : a Graphic Collection

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  "Collects twenty-one short stories in graphic novel format of tricksters from a variety of Native American traditions."