November is National American Indian Heritage Month, and to help the Jefferson community celebrate, the University Libraries has organized a list of relevant resources. The materials below include fiction and nonfiction stories that share the rich and important history and voices of Native Americans.
As the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) website states, “the month (of November) is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage month is also an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.” We hope these resources can help in that goal.
eBooks
American Indian Health and Nursing
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock
Bleed Into Me
Buffalo Cactus and Other New Stories from the Southwest
City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago
The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories
Ledfeather
Mediating Indianness
Native Storiers: Five Selections
New Stories form the Southwest
The Queerness of Native American Literature
Videos
Gather
Physical Books (Gutman)
There, There
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country
Physical Books (Scott)
My Heart is a Chainsaw
The Night Watchman
Stacks (Gutman)
The Arts of the North American Indian: Native Traditions in Evolution
New Architecture on Indigenous Lands
Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast
Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History