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• We Still Belong

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  It's a big day as Wesley Wilder's poem about Indigenous Peoples' Day will be printed in the school newspaper and she plans to ask her crush to go with her to the school dance. But from the moment she boards the morning bus, Wesley's day starts to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On a Wing and a Tear

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich,

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  A rematch of the legendary Great Ball Game is coming up, with Bat as the star player. Grampa Charlie Halfmoon offers to drive Bat, whose wing is damaged, to the traditional playing field outside Macon, Georgia. Charlie's grandson Ray and Ray's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Buffalo Dreamer

  Duncan, Violet,

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  When 12-year-old Summer visits her family on a reservation in Canada, she begins experiencing vivid dreams of running away from a residential school like the one her grandfather attended as a child and learns about unmarked children's graves,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ribbon Skirt

  a Graphic Novel

  Mukwa, Cameron,

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  Anang is two-spirit and nonbinary and doesn't know what others will think of them wearing a ribbon skirt, but they're determined to follow their heart's desire. Anang sets off to gather the materials needed to make the skirt and turns to those…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rabbit Chase

  LaPensée, Elizabeth,

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  While on a class trip, Aimée wanders off and finds themself in an alternate dimension. Getting back home means helping Trickster, facing off with the Queen, and fighting dark water spirits. Anishinaabe- Métis and Ojibwe-Anishinaabe.

• Eagle Drums

  Hopson, Nasug̊raq Rainey,

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  Piŋa faces unexpected trials that teach him lessons on the natural world, the past that shapes us, and the community that binds us in this retelling of the first Messenger Feast - still celebrated today - that brings to life the origin myth of how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Healer of the Water Monster

  Young, Brian (Brian Lee),

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  When 11-year-old Nathan decides to stay with his grandmother on the Diné homelands, his summer is a little more exciting than he anticipated when he must save the life of a Water Monster. First of a series.

• Lei and the Fire Goddess

  Maunakea, Malia,

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  12-year-old Lei's grandma is determined to make sure Lei knows all her family's moʻolelo--stories the kids back home donʻt care about or believe. But after insulting Pele, the Goddess of Fire, she learns just how real these legends are when the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sea-ringed World

  Sacred Stories of the Americas

  García Esperón, María,

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  Tales from Indigenous peoples of the two American continents.

• The Case of Windy Lake

  Hutchinson, Michael, 1971-

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  Cousins Sam, Chickadee, Otter and Atim are on the case when an archeologist goes missing while checking out the area around a controversial mine. First in a series. Misipawistik Cree Nation (Canada).

• Ancestor Approved

  Intertribal Stories for Kids

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  An anthology of connected stories, poems and art centered around an intertribal powwow.

• Red Bird Danced

  Quigley, Dawn,

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  Ariel and Tomah have lived in the city's intertribal housing complex all their lives. From his bench in front of his building, Tomah watches his community move around him. It feels like his neighbor Ariel is the only one who really sees him, even in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mascot

  Waters, Charles, 1973-

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  Six middle schoolers get involved in a classroom debate about the school mascot that already has the suburb turned upside down with everyone choosing sides and arguments getting ugly.

• The Rez Detectives

  Judd, Steven Paul,

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  Tasembo wants to eat ice cream and play video games. Instead he’s trying to find the missing ice cream man and his truck with the help of his neighbor Nuseka and his dog. Choctaw

• The Barren Grounds

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  Living with a foster family, Morgan and Eli have trouble fitting into school and their new home, and feel disconnected from their culture. Then they discover a portal that opens to another reality. First of a series. Cree

• Makoons

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  Twin brothers, Makoons and Chickadee, work on their horse-riding skills, learn to be buffalo hunters, and sometimes get into trouble on the Great Plains of the Dakota Territory in 1866. Part of a series. Ojibwe

• Lost at Windy River

  a True Story of Survival

  Rathgeber, Trina,

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  "In 1944, 13-year-old Ilse gets lost in a fierce snowstorm while checking her family's trapline in northern Canada. She survives freezing temperatures, encounters with wild animals, snow blindness and frostbite, relying on Traditional Indigenous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters

  Chilling American Indian Stories

  Jones, Dan C., 1951-

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  Some witches, skinwalkers, hungry skeletons, and other supernatural creatures may be only slightly eerie, but be prepared for more.

• Find Her

  Reno, Ginger,

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  "Twelve-year-old Wren fights to find her missing Cherokee mother, while also navigating a chilling town mystery, a new friendship, and a family in need of healing."

• Weird Rules to Follow

  Spencer, Kim,

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  Eleven-year-old Mia and her best friend, Lara, have known each other since kindergarten. They live in the same cul-de-sac, but Mia's life is very different from her non-Indigenous friend and neighbor. Even though their differences never seemed to…Read moreRead more of this annotation