American Indian Youth Literature Award/Honors Winners

"The first AILA American Indian Youth Literature Awards were presented during the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in 2006. Awarded biennially, the AIYLA identifies and honors the very best writing and illustrations by Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America. Books selected to receive the award present Indigenous North American peoples in the fullness of their humanity." - AILAnet.org
 

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1. Deb Haaland

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Author:
Goodluck, Laurel
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She Persisted
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East Regional - Childrens Biography has 2
JB HAALAND
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Biography
JB HAALAND
Holly Springs Community - Childrens Biography has 2
JB HAALAND
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Biography of the first Native American to become a cabinet secretary.

2. Notable native people: 50 indigenous leaders, dreamers, and changemakers from past and present

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Keene, Adrienne, 1985-
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
920 KEENE
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920 KEENE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
920 KEENE
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"An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation"--

3. Wilma Mankiller

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Sorell, Traci
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Cary Regional - Childrens Biography
JB MANKILLE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Biography
JB MANKILLE
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Biography
JB MANKILLE
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A biography of Native American activist, Wilma Mankiller.