YA Native American Heritage Month Reads

Books found in the Young Adult collection that highlight the Native American experience. YA novels are made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers*
 

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1. Four faces of the moon

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Author:
Strong, Amanda, 1984-
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Green Road Community - Young Adult Graphic Novels
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Leesville Community - Young Adult Graphic Novels
YA STRONG
North Regional - Young Adult Graphic Novels
YA STRONG
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"On a journey to uncover her family's story, Spotted Fawn travels through time and space to reclaim connection to ancestors, language, and the land--creating a path forward in this essential graphic novel. In the dreamworld she bears witness to a mountain of buffalo skulls. They stand as a ghostly monument to the slaughter of the Plains bison to near extinction-- a key tactic to starve and contain the Indigenous People onto reservations. On this path,...

2. An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people

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Author:
Mendoza, Jean
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Leesville Community - Young Adult Non-Fiction
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Morrisville Community - Young Adult Non-Fiction
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Oberlin Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA970 MENDO
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"Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics,...