Throughout November, discover the rich history, ceremonies, and storytelling traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America as part of Native American Heritage Month.
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Native American Heritage Month 2021
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#OwnVoices Picture Books: Celebrating Indigenous Children and Their Families
Celebrate stories and traditions with this collection of picture books.
Growing Up Native
Different perspectives of the Native experience for young readers.
eBook Collection
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FILMS
Watch documentaries about Indigenous experiences and voices available through our streaming video service Kanopy.
EVENT VIDEOS
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman
One of the first two Native American women elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first openly LGBTQ representative from Kansas, Rep. Sharice Davis discussed her new picture-book autobiography in an online program hosted by the Library on October 11, 2021, in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day.Davids, a member of Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation, was joined in conversation by her two collaborators on her book. Illustrator Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, a member of Wasauksing First Nation, is an Ojibwe Woodland-style artist from Barrie, Ontario, and co-writer Nancy K. Mays is an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Kansas whose writing has been published in Ploughshares, the Colorado Review, and Mid-American Review, among other publications.
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Celebrating Storytelling With Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
The Library's Director of Branch Operations Cindy Hohl is joined by Joy Harjo, who is currently serving her second term as the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, in an online conversation April 27, 2021, as part of PBS Books’ Trailblazing American Women Writers series during National Poetry Month.WATCH VIDEO
Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge
In an online discussion of his book Red Alert! hosted by the Library on March 10, 2021, Haskell Indian Nations University’s Daniel Wildcat offered an avenue of response to climate change: Apply Native American wisdom and nature-centered beliefs to the strategy for rescuing our ecologically distressed planet. Wildcat, a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, is a professor in the Indigenous & American Indian Studies program at Haskell in Lawrence, Kansas. He is also co-founder and co-director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center and co-author of two other books, including Power and Place: Indian Education in America.
DIAL-A-STORY FEATURED BOOKS
DIAL-A-STORY
Monday, Nov. 8 and Tuesday, Nov. 9
Raccoon's Last Race: A Traditional Abenaki Story
Authors Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac
Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard
Illustrations by Juana Martinez-Neal
Friday, Nov. 12, Saturday, Nov. 13, and Sunday Nov 14
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
Joseph Bruchac & James Bruchac
Illustrations by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey