1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
Weighs Wampanoag oral traditions and English colonial written records against the popular myth of Thanksgiving. |
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for ChildrenA Broken Flute is as close to comprehensive as a bibliography on a given subject can get, and more brutally honest than anything else out there. |
A River LostThe story of how the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam led to the destruction of a way of life for members of the Arrow Lakes Tribe. |
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianAn Indian boy coming into adulthood, literally weaving and dodging and rolling with the pun |
American OutrageTwo Western Shoshone elders, Carrie and Mary Dann, endure decades of struggles against federal marshals for rights to their own land. |
April RaintreeTwo Métis sisters are taken from their parents as young children and reared in separate foster homes—doing all they can to maintain the ties and live in a hostile society. |
As Long as the Rivers FlowThe story of the last summer, in 1944, before young Lawrence Loyie was taken from his parents to an Indian residential school in northern Alberta. |
Behind Closed Doors: Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential SchoolMay the telling and sharing of these stories bring peace and healing to wounded spirits. |
Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940A study of the residential school experience from the perspective of the Indian students who lived at two schools in Kansas and South Dakota. |
Children Left Behind: The Dark Legacy of Indian Mission Boarding SchoolsTim Giago, who spent his childhood at one of these schools, examines the unholy alliance between church and state that tried to destroy generations of Indian children. |
Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the MythShould be required reading in every classroom where the “Columbus encounter” is taught. |
CURE Analysis: Houghton Mifflin History/Social Science SeriesA group of parents, students, and educators calling themselves Communities United against Racism in Education (CURE) analyze kindergarten through fifth-grade texts. |
Daughters of Abya Yala: Indigenous Women Regaining ControlIn 1991, Indian women of North, South, and Central America gathered in Lima, Peru with the goal of “reflecting on the situation of the Indian peoples of our continent.” |
Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928Truly one of the best, most detailed accounts of this tragic era in American genocide policy. |
For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization HandbookRecognizing an urgent need for liberation strategies, this offers hands-on suggestions for Indigenous communities to decolonize themselves. |
From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'iThis collection of 17 essays on the Hawai’ian sovereignty movement is a searing indictment of racism and colonialism. |
Gold, Greed & GenocideTold mostly from the perspective of California Indian people whose lives have been and continue to be impacted by the California Gold Rush. |
Green March MoonsA powerful tale of growing up that expertly explores issues of rape, alcoholism, domestic violence and loss. |
HalfbreedOne of the most important works of Indian literature in the 20th Century. It’s a hard book to read. |
Hidden RootsThis new edition of one of Bruchac’s most important novels includes historical context for the story and discussion questions. |