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Lynnfield Public Library: Nonfiction Books To Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day
Monday, October 11, 2021 is Indigenous Peoples' Day. To celebrate not only the history but also the current experience of Indigenous peo ...
Samantha Totman and Alex Lambright
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October 08, 2021
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by Samantha Totman and Alex Lambright
Monday, October 11, 2021 is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. To celebrate not only the history but also the current experience of Indigenous peoples in the United States, we’ve collected a list of nonfiction titles below, including memoirs, cookbooks, essays, and more. You can place holds on these titles below or visit our Indigenous Peoples’ Day display inside the library.
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Adult Books
Black Indian: A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan
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Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences, edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s by Tiffany Midge
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Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith
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Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook
Highway of Tears : a True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid
Book | Large Print | CD Audiobook
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States: Restoring Cultural Knowledge, Protecting Environments, and Regaining Health, edited by Devon A. Mihesuah and Elizabeth Hoover
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An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
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Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life by David Treuer
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Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers, edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton
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Tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine by Shane M. Chartrand with Jennifer Cockrall-King
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Children’s & Young Adult Books
Native American Code Talkers by M. M. Eboch
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We Are Still Here!: Native American Truth Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell
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Shaped By Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez by Anna Harber Freeman and Barbara Gonzales
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Sharice’s Big Voice: a Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays
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Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector by Diane Wilson
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What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
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This press release was produced by Lynnfield Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
