MCCPL: It's Native American Heritage Month!

Paducah KY

01 November, 2021

6:37 PM

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Press release from the McCracken County Public Library: Devin Cook November 1, 2021 Commonly referred to as Native American Heritage Month, November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month! First introduced as a congressional resolution in 1990, signed by then President George H. W. Bush, it commemorates the month to acknowledge and celebrate the United States of America's Indigenous peoples–there are 574 federally recognized nations in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Did you know that our library is built on Euchee (Yuchi, Uchee, Tsoyaha) and Osage traditional lands? McCracken County also extends into Chickasaw traditional territory. Click here to learn more about Indigenous lands and their languages.  This month, we want to highlight Indigenous voices you can find within our collection. Below are listed Adult Titles. Click the title to find out more, place a hold, or check out digitally. Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford God is Red by Vine Deloria, Jr. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee by David Treuer House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday Hunting By Stars by Cherie Dimaline Love After The End : An Anthology Of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Shell Shaker by Leanne Howe The Truth About Stories by Thomas King There, There by Tommy Orange Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse The Trickster Trilogy by Eden Robinson The Woman Who Watches Over The World by Linda Hogan Young Adult titles can be found below! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie After the Fall by Kate Hart Cheyenne Madonna by Eddie Chuculate Code Talker: a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Mary Beth Leatherdale Surviving the City by Tasha Spillet Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson Our recommended #OwnVoices Juvenile Titles. Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich A Boy Named Beckoning by Gina Capaldi Dear Miss Karana by Eric Elliott Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young How I Became A Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle I Can Make This Promise by Chrstine Day In The Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story by Andrea L. Rogers Morning Girl by Michael Dorris Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga What The Eagle Sees by Eldon Yellowhorn Early Titles by Indigenous authors! Blueberry Patch / Meennunyakaa by Jennifer Leason Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child Buffalo Bird Girl by S. D. Nelson Encounter by Brittany Luby First Laugh–Welcome, Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble In My Anaana's Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok  Little You by Richard Van Camp Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kulluk The Train by Jodie Callaghan We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom  When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith Zoe and the Fawn by Catherine Jameson For movies and documentaries, here are our recs featuring American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous voices. Click to learn more, place a hold, or check out through Hoopla! Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock  Blood Quantum Edge of America Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White Mankiller: Activist, Feminist, Cherokee Chief Reel Injun: On The Trail of the Hollywood Indian Rhymes For Young Ghouls Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes Enjoy some tunes from Indigenous musicians: Hip-hop artist, Angel Haze Singer-songwriter, Buffy Sainte-Marie Country blues artist, Charley Patton Rock guitarist, Jimi Hendrix Jazz artist, Mildred Bailey Blues artist, Pura Fé Soul band, Redbone 1970's and 1980's pop, country, and jazz artist, Rita Coolidge R&B arist, Ronnie Spector Rap artist, Supaman Folktronic group, A Tribe Called Red November may be a month that officially commemorates our Indigenous communities—but take time every month to do your part in honoring Native voices. Read, watch, and listen, and take time to research ways you can help the communities who are currently highly susceptible to COVID-19, climate change, and more.   This press release was produced by the McCracken County Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.