Native American Heritage Month Reading List
November celebrates Native American Heritage Month! Check out some Talking Books to learn more about the history, diversity, and culture of the Indigenous peoples of North America.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
A history of the United States exploring the perspective of its indigenous peoples. Dunbar-Ortiz analyzes how native tribes actively resisted national expansion and examines the systematic destruction of the lives and cultures of the native civilizations present in North America before European colonization. Violence. 2014.
Book Length: 11 hours, 22 minutes
Digital Book Number: DB082383
A Snake Falls to Earth
Nina, a Lipan Apache, lives in the real world and still believes in the old stories. Oli, a cottonmouth snake boy, lives in the Reflecting World. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2021.
Book Length: 11 hours, 22 minutes
Digital Book Number: DB082383
Firekeeper’s Daughter
Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother. When Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source of a new drug. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2021.
Book Length: 14 hours, 16 minutes
Digital Book Number: DB102762
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation argues that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of a reciprocal relationship with the world. Shares stories learned from her elders about the world around them and ways of approaching scientific inquiry. Commercial audiobook. 2013.
Book Length: 16 hours, 47 minutes
Digital Book Number: DB092274
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
Examination of the role of indigenous populations in the pursuit of environmental justice in the Americas from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. Topics include explaining environmental justice theory, genocide, impacts of western expansion and the Industrial Revolution, sacred sites, and potential policies for the future. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
Book Length: 7 hours, 11 minutes
Digital Book Number: DB096474
Native American Stories
Native Americans view human relationships with nature in terms of family with the Earth as mother. This collection of tales and myths from various Native American groups focuses on this relationship. Chapter titles include "Creation," "Earth," "Wind and Weather," and "Plants and Animals." For junior and senior high and older readers
Book Length: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Digital Book Number: DB034361