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A selection of new and forthcoming Indigenous Collection titles, from the collection's selector

Multnomah County Library’s Indigenous Collection provides materials by and about Native American, Alaska Native, Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and Indigenous Peoples worldwide with a special focus on Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Indigenous Collection materials can be found at all MCL locations. Here you'll find a selection of new and forthcoming titles added to the Indigenous Collection, for all ages, updated regularly.

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  • In a series of short essays, Mays (Afro-Indigenous (Saginaw Chippewa)) traces the history of alliances between Black and Indigenous movements; outlines the limitations of certain demands for reparations and interrogates contemporary land back…
    Book, 20260526Haymarket Books 20260526
  • On Wholeness

    Anishinaabe Pathways to Embodiment and Collective Liberation

    Christie-Peters, Quill,
    Through reflections on childbirth, parenting, creative practice, and expansive responsibility as pathways to wholeness, Anishinaabe visual artist Christie-Peters explores how reconnecting with the body can be an act of resistance and healing. She…
    Book, 2025[Toronto, Ontario] : House of Anansi Press Inc., 2025. — 128.2 C5556o 2025
  • Coydog

    An Anadarko County Novel

    Tromblay, David,
    A gritty thriller noir about Moses Kincaid, a Native American bounty hunter who served in the US Army in Desert Storm and Haiti. Now, to pay the bills, he’s taken to tracking down wanted criminals in and around Kansas City.
    Book, 2025Ann Arbor, MI : Dzanc Books, 2025. — FICTION TROMBLAY 2025
  • Debut solo album from the long-time Dap-Kings saxophonist, Cochemea Gastelum (Yaqui/Yoeme ancestry). Cochemea's electro-sax leads an ensemble of percussive giants (members of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Antibalas) on a psychedelic, spiritual…
    Music CD, 2018Brooklyn, NY : Daptone Records, [2018] — CD Popular COCHEMEA
  • Drouillard (Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe) shares a biography of George Morrison, a talented modern artist, for young readers. Readers will learn about Morrison's life, including his upbringing, the kinds of mediums he worked with, and his journey as…
    Book, 2026Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2026] — j BIO 759.13 MORRISON 2026
  • A romantic debut novel-in-verse for teens by Adams (Kanaka ‘Ōiwi) about a Native Hawaiian girl's fight to find belonging in a fracturing family, sharing a message of love with resounding emotional truth.
    Book, 20260519Heartdrum 20260519
  • This cozy, colorful, and amphibious graphic novel adventure draws inspiration from the author's background as a Diné librarian, is infused throughout with the colors of the Southwest, is a love letter to Native communities, summers with friends and…
    Graphic Novel, 20260414Levine Querido 20260414
  • First Light

    Kanaka 'Ōiwi Resistance to Settler Science at Mauna a Wākea

    Casumbal-Salazar, Iokepa, 1976-
    A study of Native Hawaiian resistance to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the summit of Mauna a Wåakea, the sacred volcano on the island of Hawai'i. Contextualizing the contemporary movement within the past 125 years of struggle…
    Book, 2025Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2025] — 306.45099 C3559f 2025
  • An electrifying, fast paced, and punchy anti-Western from an exciting new Indigenous writer Yoxall (Métis Nation). As teenage boys begin to disappear from a great plains Métis community, a young man attempts to uncover the evil force lurking out of…
    Book, 20260505Algonquin Books 20260505
  • Atua

    Māori Gods and Heroes

    Bishop, Gavin, 1946-
    Gavin Bishop's (Tainui, Ngāti Awa) stunning compendium introduces readers to the pantheon of Māori gods, demigods and heroes, and explores Aotearoa's most exciting legends from the Creation to the Migration.
    Book, 2021[Auckland] New Zealand : Puffin, 2021. — j 398.20899 B6223a 2021
  • This story is about a young boy who experiences early on-set dementia with his grandmother. Through compassion and understanding, he finds his way to cherish their moments together, all while experiencing the power of love.
    Book, 2025[Minnesota] : Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, [2025] — jE Parenting PEDERSON 2025
  • This is the third album by composer and multi-instrumentalist Cochemea Gastelum. A direct sequel to his "All My Relations," it further explores his Sonoran Yaqui/Yoeme ancestry by melding Indigenous and folk melodies, spiritual and soul-jazz with a…
    Music CD, 2021Brooklyn, NY : Daptone Records, [2021] — CD Popular COCHEMEA
  • In this graphic novel for adults, Eaglespeaker (Blackfoot, Duwamish) chronicles a Native family's government-sanctioned exploitation in the North American residential/boarding school systems.
    Graphic Novel, 20140627Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 20140627
  • Restorying Your Story

    Reclaiming Your Voice in the Face of Past Injustice

    Gauthier, Michael,
    Gauthier draws on his lived experience as a formerly incarcerated Indigenous man and his PhD research and in which he carried out Restorying circles using the Medicine Wheel as a guide to help formerly incarcerated Indigenous men map a new future by…
    Book, 2025[Place of publication not identified] : Medicine Wheel Education, 2025. — 362.20971 G2767r 2025
  • This novel by Crystal AJ Smith (Haisla, Ts’ymsen) is the story of a young Indigenous woman who loses her sister to the highway of tears and who embarks on a journey with her na̱xnox (spiritual beings) to find and bring to justice the person…
    Book, 2026Guelph, Ontario : The Porcupine's Quill, 2026. — FICTION SMITH 2026
  • The Animals Speak

    the Lakota Way = Wamákashkaŋ'iya: Lakhól Wichóh'aŋ Kiŋ

    Nelson, S. D.
    A collection of Mother Bear, Otters, and other animals' teachings that reflect the Lakota Way, showcasing how to live in harmony with the natural world.
    Book, 2026New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2026. — jE NELSON 2026
  • From the heart of Tamanrasset in South Algeria, Imarhan transcend Tuareg tradition, weaving hypnotic synths into desert blues.
    Music CD, 2026[United States] : City Slang, [2026] — CD World Africa IMARHAN
  • Marique B. Moss (Afro-Indigenous (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation)) shares her Afro Indigenous memoir told through poetry exploring identity, survival, love, grief, and joy. Rooted in truth and tradition, this collection honors the stories that…
    Book, 2025Minneapolis, Minnesota : Mashkiki Studios LLC, [2025] — 811.6 M9134s 2025
  • Indigenomicon

    American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession

    Byrd, Jodi A.,
    Boyd (Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma) investigates the troubled relationship between settler colonialism, Indigeneity, and land through videogames. Examining games like Red Dead Redemption, Assassin Creed, Dark Souls, and What Remains of Edith Finch…
    Book, 2025Durham : Duke University Press, [2025] — 970.00497 B9952i 2025
  • The stories and voices in Belcourt's (Driftpile Cree Nation) debut story collection are buoyed by philosophical undergirding, poetic demand, and the complex relationship between aesthetics and ethics. In his signature staccato voice, Belcourt…
    Audiobook CD,