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• Blue Stars. Mission 1, The Vice Principal Problem

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  When cousins Riley, who has a way with people, and Maya, a tech wizard, move in with their activist grandma, they get off to a rocky start until they join forces as superheroes. Ages: 8-12

• Buffalo Dreamer

  Duncan, Violet,

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  When twelve-year-old Summer visits her family on a reservation in Alberta, Canada, she begins experiencing vivid dreams of running away from a residential school like the one her grandfather attended as a child. Ages: 10-12

• Contenders

  Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

  Sorell, Traci,

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  Charles Bender grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota. John Meyers was raised on the Cahuilla reservation in Southern California. Despite their mutual respect for each other and their dedication to Native representation in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Find Her

  Reno, Ginger,

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  In dreams, Wren can see her again: her eyes, her hair, her smile. She can even hear her laugh. Her mother, one of hundreds of Native Americans considered missing or murdered in Oklahoma. Ages 10-12

• Fry Bread

  a Native American Family Story

  Maillard, Kevin Noble,

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  Fry bread is food; It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time; It brings families together for meals and new memories. Fry bread is nation; It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond. Fry bread is us; It is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grandma's Tipi

  a Present-day Lakota Story

  Nelson, S. D.,

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  Clara is finally old enough to spend her first summer away from home visiting her grandma, Unci, and her cousin at their home in Standing Rock Reservation. Uncle Louie brings an extra-special surprise in his pickup truck: the tipi that’s been…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indigenous Ingenuity

  a Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge

  Havrelock, Deidre,

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  Corn. Chocolate. Fishing hooks. Boats that float. Insulated double-walled construction. Recorded history and folklore. Life-saving disinfectant. Forest fire management. Our lives would be unrecognizable without these, and countless other, scientific…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Sang You Down From the Stars

  Spillett, Tasha, 1988-

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  As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacred bundle. A white feather, cedar and sage, a stone from the river. Ages: 0-4

• This Land

  Fairbanks, Ashley,

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  Before my family lived in this house, a different family did, and before them, another family, and another before them. And before that, the family lived here, not in a house, but a wigwam. Who lived where you are before you got there? Ages: 4-8

• Rock Your Mocs

  Goodluck, Laurel,

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  We’re stepping out and kicking it up.Wearing beauty on their feet— as art, as tradition, with style, with pride— kids from different Native Nations know every day is a day to ROCK YOUR MOCS! Ages: 4-8

• Sharice's Big Voice

  a Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

  Davids, Sharice, 1980-

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  When Sharice Davids was young, she never thought she’d be in Congress. And she never thought she’d be one of the first Native American women in Congress. During her campaign, she heard from a lot of doubters.

• Stealing Little Moon

  the Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools

  Jones, Dan SaSuWeh, 1951-

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  Little Moon There Are No Stars Tonight was four years old when armed federal agents showed up at her home and took her from her family. Under the authority of the government, she was sent away to a boarding school specifically created to strip her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stitches of Tradition

  Gashkigwaaso Tradition

  Rendon, Marcie R.,

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  An Ojibwe grandmother carefully measures and selects just the right colors of fabric, and her sewing machine hums whirr, whirr, whirr late into the night. In the morning, her growing granddaughter has a beautiful new ribbon skirt to wear. Ages: 4-8

• Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers. Volume One

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  Written and illustrated by Native Americans from various tribal nations, these comics detail the deep emotions of leaving one's homeland to fight in a war far away. Ages: 8-14

• To Walk the Sky

  How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities

  Buckley, Patricia Morris,

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  High above the ground, generation after generation, Native workers called skywalkers have sculpted city skylines, balancing on narrow beams, facing down terrifying heights and heartbreaking loss. Ages: 4-8

• The Water Walker

  Robertson, Joanne, 1960-

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  The story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine-ba Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet. Ages 6-9

• We Are Still Here!

  Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

  Sorell, Traci,

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  Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. Offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future. Ages: 7-10

• We Still Belong

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  Wesley is proud of the poem she wrote for Indigenous Peoples’ Day—but the reaction from a teacher makes her wonder if expressing herself is important enough. Ages: 8-12

• What's in a Bead?

  Borgford, Kelsey,

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  Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says it’s because Kohkom spends her days sewing beautiful beads onto smoked hides. Inspired, Tessa asks Kohkom to teach her beading. Ages: 6-8

• What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me

  Deb Haaland's Historic Inauguration

  Bunten, Alexis

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  Pia rushes over to the Indigenous community center after school; it’s where she goes every day. But today is special: Auntie Autumn gathers all the children around their television to witness Secretary Deb Haaland in her ribbon skirt become the…Read moreRead more of this annotation