Ædnan: An Epic
Sami, Sweden. Author Axelsson weaves crystalline prose to create a moving family saga around the consequences of colonial settlement.
Indigenous Peoples of the World
Looking for more ways to honor Native American Heritage Month? Curious about Indigenous rights, movements, and lives outside of the United States? The following books are a great starting place to learn more about the diverse Indigenous experiences that exist globally.
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A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents
Hausa, Nigeria. A poetic coming-of-age memoir that probes the legacies and myths of family, race, and religion–from Nigeria to England to America.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla and in eAudio on Hoopla.
Greta & Valdin
Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a ute but now drives around Buenos Aires in one. Greta is in love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn’t know how to pronounce Greta’s surname, Vladislavljevic, properly. From their Auckland apartment, brother and sister must navigate the intricate paths of modern romance as well as weather the small storms of their eccentric Māori-Russian-Catalonian family.
This title is also available as an eBook on Libby, as an eBook on Hoopla, and in eAudio on Libby.
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
Anishinaabe, Canada. The novel’s characters emerge from deep within Abinhinaabeg thought to commune beyond an unnatural urban-settler world littered with SpongeBob Band-Aids, Ziploc baggies, and Fjallraven Kanken backpacks.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Libby.
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed to Europe after 1492.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
Out of the Sierra: a Story of Rarámuri Resistance
Raramuri, Mexico. A displaced family charts a path forward in this testament to the power of perseverance and the many forms resistance can take.
Praiseworthy
Waanyi, Australia. An epic which pushes allegory and language to their limit, a cry of outrage against oppression and disadvantage, and a fable for the end of days.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
Undiscovered
This book blends fact and fiction in an autobiographical novel that faces the legacy of colonialism through one woman’s family ties to both the colonized and colonizer.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hooplaand in eAudio on Hoopla.
We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
Climate change activist and a member of the indigenous Waorani people of Amazonian Ecuador, Nenquimo’s individual memoir reflects the damage colonization, resource extraction, and dispossession have done to her home, her land, and her people. However, this defiant, hopeful narrative shines with legal and familial victories and cultural resilience in the South American rainforests.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla and as eAudio on Libby.
You Glow in the Dark: Stories
Aymara, Bolivia. You Glow in the Dark seizes the reader’s attention (from the title on) and holds it: this is a book that announces the arrival of a major new talent.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.