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. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

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Author:
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
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4.5 stars
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Description:
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

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

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Author:
Mendoza, Jean
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5 stars
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Leesville Community - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA970 MENDO
Morrisville Community - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA970 MENDO
Oberlin Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA970 MENDO
Description:
"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,...

3. This Indian kid: a Native American memoir

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Author:
Chuculate, Eddie, 1978-
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East Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B CHUCULATE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B CHUCULATE
North Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B CHUCULATE
Description:
"Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood. Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate...