November is National Native American Heritage Month. The following is a list of recent nonfiction releases that celebrate Indigenous heritage, including cooking, wellness, and environmental stewardship.
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The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism. You can also check out this title as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.
N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize winner, presents a new book of prose poems that he dubs “dream drawings,” which are inspired by the storytelling tradition of his Kiowa heritage. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.
Freddie Bitsoie, the former chef at Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, here offers recipes as varied as the Indigenous cultures that inspired them. You can also check out this title as eBook on Hoopla.
A focused and searing account of the world of nineteenth century America, where white settlers attempted to erase Native ownership of land. The Anishinaabeg peoples, who resided in the Great Lakes region, resisted removal and managed to successfully sell natural resources and purchase trade goods. You can also check out this title as eBook on Hoopla.
Husband and wife duo Chelsey Luger and Thosh Collins started Well for Culture, an Indigenous wellness initiative to spread the word about Native wellness philosophies. They expound on the Seven Circles referenced in the title (Food, Movement, Sleep, Ceremony, Sacred Space, Land, Community) to provide readers with the framework for a balanced, nature-focused approached to wellness.
Blending research and honest, intimate conversations with Indigenous peoples, this collection offers perspectives and wisdom on how to face our rapidly altered and changing planet, how to care for what is sacred, and what it means to be a good relative to all that is human and non-human around us. You can also check out this title as eBook on Hoopla.