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• Whiskey Tender

  a Memoir

  Taffa, Deborah Jackson, 1969-

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  A memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and of the frictions between mainstream American culture and Native inheritance; assimilation and reverence for tradition. (Yuma Nation, Laguna Pueblo.)

• My Name Is LaMoosh

  Meanus, Linda,

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  The author, a Warm Springs Tribal Elder, grew up with her grandma Flora Thompson and grandpa Chief Tommy Thompson near Celilo Falls, a mighty fishery on the Columbia that was flooded in 1957 by the construction of The Dalles Dam. She is an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rediscovery of America

  Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

  Blackhawk, Ned,

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  Ned Blackhawk (Shoshone) interweaves five centuries of Native and non‑Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century.

• Native Nations

  a Millennium in North America

  DuVal, Kathleen,

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  This history is a winner of the Cundill History Prize. A sweeping 1000-year history of the power of Indigenous North America, from ancient cities to fights for sovereignty that continue today.

• Yakama Rising

  Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing

  Jacob, Michelle M., 1977-

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  (Yakama Nation) Michelle uses the grounding culture of her nation to inform us “the power needed to heal our soul wounds already exists within our people and traditions;” and proves it with a decolonial practice shared by the experience of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art of Ceremony

  Voices of Renewal From Indigenous Oregon

  Dobkins, Rebecca J.,

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  A contemporary and historical overview of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon, through rich conversations with tribal representatives who share ceremonial practices and the inseparable need to renew language, art, ecological…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other

  Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty From the Northwest Coast

  Coté, Charlotte (Charlotte June),

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  The author (Tseshaht/Nuu-chah-nulth) discusses healing and cultural sustenance via everyday enactments of food sovereignty: berry picking, salmon fishing, and building a community garden on reclaimed residential school grounds.

• Celebration

  Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land

  Worl, Rosita K̲aaháni

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  The author (Tlingit) describes a biennial Alaskan cultural festival where Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people come together to sing, dance, display regalia, and promote their living traditions.

• Čáw Pawá Láakni

  They Are Not Forgotten : Sahaptian Place Names Atlas of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla

  Hunn, Eugene S.,

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  A project of the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation - composed of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes in eastern Oregon - Cáw Pawá Láakni documents and describes more than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hearts of Our People

  Native Women Artists

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  This collection shows how contemporary art made by Native painters, sculptors, and conceptual artists is informed by the art of the past, while showing how traditional forms of creativity--such as pottery, quillwork, beadwork, embroidery,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Notable Native People

  50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present

  Keene, Adrienne, 1985-

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• My Life

  Kenoyer, Louis, 1868-1937,

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  Dictated in Tualatin Northern Kalapuya by Louis Kenoyer, the last known speaker of that language, this rare, first-person narrative by a Native American describes life on an Oregon reservation, focusing on his childhood on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chinook Resilience

  Heritage and Cultural Revitalization on the Lower Columbia River

  Daehnke, Jon Darin,

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  The author (non-Native) shares the challenges faced by the Chinook Indian Nation because of its nonrecognized status. The tribe struggles to claim and control cultural heritage and its own history, while asserting a right to place on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seeing Red

  Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

  Witgen, Michael John,

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  Witgen, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, examines the "massive transfer of wealth from Native peoples to white American settlers" that occurred in the Northwest Territory in the 19th century.

• As Long as Grass Grows

  the Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock

  Gilio-Whitaker, Dina,

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  Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) addresses genocide and environmental racism and calls for powerful environmental justice for indigenous peoples.

• In Defense of Wyam

  Native-White Alliances & the Struggle for Celilo Village

  Barber, Katrine,

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  (non-Indigenous) The sometimes mirrored experiences of Warm Springs tribal member Flora Thompson and settler Martha McKeown are revitalized and contextualized, within this damning history on the damming and pollution of Celilo Falls, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Urban Tribes

  Native Americans in the City

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  40-plus Indigenous contributors living in cities such as New York, Toronto, Los Angles, and Calgary share stories that are realistic, raw, and unique yet have a common theme: the undeniable connection to Indigenous ways of knowing,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trickster

  Native American Tales : a Graphic Collection

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  Twenty-four Native storytellers and twenty-four artists collaborate to present cultural tales from across North America in graphic format.

• Native Voices

  Indigenous American Poetry, Craft and Conversations

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  (Editor Cmarie Fuhrman is Nimiipuu) An anthology containing some of the most well known native authors. A great introduction to Indigneous american poetry, each writer has multiple poems and an essay highlighted; with both contemporary and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Northern Paiutes of the Malheur

  High Desert Reckoning in Oregon Country

  Wilson, David H., Jr.,

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