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In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Buncombe County Public Libraries are celebrating works by Indigenous writers and artists in November.
We have books for every age to enjoy and they’re all available at your local library.
Picture Books for the Family to Share
Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! by Art Coulson
Treaty words : For as Long as the Rivers Flow by Aimée Craft
Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays
We All Play by Julie Flett
Shaped by Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez by Anna Freeman
Josie Dances by Denise K. Lajimodiere
This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby
Johnny’s Pheasant by Cheryl Minnema
On the Trapline by David Robertson
When We Were Alone by David Roberston
First Laugh: Welcome, Baby! by Rose Tahe
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith
You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell
I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
Mi'kmaw Animals by Alan Syliboy
Mi'kmaw Daily Drum by Alan Syliboy
Nimoshom and His Bus by Penny M. Thomas
Little You by Richard Van Camp
May We Have Enough to Share by Richard Van Camp
We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp
Chapter Books for Kids
Trickster: Native American Tales: a Graphic Collection collected by editor Matt Dembicki
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich (series)
Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher by Kade Ferris
Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
Books for Teens and Adults
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo
Crazy Brave: a Memoir by Joy Harjo
Poet Warrior: a Memoir by Joy Harjo
If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
There, There by Tommy Orange
Come home, Indio: a memoir by Jim Terry
A Girl Called Echo. Vol. 2 Red River Resistance by Katherena Vermette