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PICTURE ME SELF ESTEEM ALEXIE
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PICTURE ME SELF ESTEEM ALEXIE
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Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as big Thunder, but little thunder doesn't want to share a name. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he's done like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten Thousand Teeth, or Full of Wonder. But just when Little Thunder thinks all hope is lost, dad picks the best name...Lightning! Their love will be loud and bright, and together they will light up the sky. --
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J LANGUAGE OJIBWE CHILD
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J LANGUAGE OJIBWE CHILD
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"When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group, and traditional dancers, grass dancers, and jingle-dress...
3) Stolen words
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PICTURE STORIES HISTORY FLORENCE
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PICTURE STORIES HISTORY FLORENCE
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A look at the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families and the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather.
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J PICTURE HUNTER
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J PICTURE HUNTER
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Because John is afraid to leave the Navajo Reservation, his grandfather explains to him how the Navajo language, faith, and ingenuity helped win World War II.
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PICTURE STORIES FOOD MAILLARD
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PICTURE STORIES FOOD MAILLARD
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Using illustrations that show the diversity in Native America and spare poetic text that emphasizes fry bread in terms of provenance, this volume tells the story of a post-colonial food that is a shared tradition for Native American families all across the North American continent. Includes a recipe and an extensive author note that delves into the social ways, foodways, and politics of America's 573 recognized tribes.
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J TALES FOLK NATIVE AMERICAN MARTIN
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J TALES FOLK NATIVE AMERICAN MARTIN
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The powerful Invisible Being is looking for a wife, and all the girls in the village vie for his affections. But only the girl who proves she can see him will be his bride. The two beautiful but spoiled daughters of a poor village man try their best to be chosen, but it is their Rough-Face-Girl sister, scarred on her face and arms from tending fires, who sees the Invisible Being in the wonder of the natural world.
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J PICTURE MILES
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J PICTURE MILES
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A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
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J PICTURE ROBERTSON
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J PICTURE ROBERTSON
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Hiawatha, a Mohawk, is plotting revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga Chief, Tadodaho, when he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists his help in bringing the nations together to share his vision of a new way of life marked by peace, love, and unity rather than war, hate, and fear. Includes historical notes.
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PICTURE PEOPLE FAMILY THOMAS
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PICTURE PEOPLE FAMILY THOMAS
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"What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mi'kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox...
10) Little you
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TODDLER VAN CAMP
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TODDLER VAN CAMP
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Celebrating the joy babies bring into the world.
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PICTURE PLAY GENERAL FLETT
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PICTURE PLAY GENERAL FLETT
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"Join celebrated artist Julie Flett on a joyful romp with animals. From chasing, chirping birds, to swimming, squirting whales, this book for young readers reminds them how animals play just like them. This picture book, with gorgeous images and sweet simple text, is a marvelous celebration of the interconnectedness of all creatures, and includes some Cree phrases. It is based on the Cree teaching of wahkohtowin, interconnectedness and play, and includes...
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J TALES FOLK NATIVE AMERICAN ESPERON
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J TALES FOLK NATIVE AMERICAN ESPERON
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Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents, the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska.
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PICTURE NATURE WATER LINDSTROM
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PICTURE NATURE WATER LINDSTROM
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Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.
14) Powwow day
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PICTURE STORIES SPIRITUAL SORELL
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PICTURE STORIES SPIRITUAL SORELL
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Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
15) Rock your mocs
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PICTURE ME CLOTHES GOODLUCK
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PICTURE ME CLOTHES GOODLUCK
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In this happy, vibrant tribute to Rock Your Mocs Day, observed yearly on November 15, author Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian) and artist Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw) celebrate the joy and power of wearing moccasins--and the Native pride that comes with them. A perfect book for Native American Heritage Month, and all year round!