Honor Native American Heritage Month 2024

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November (or in any month!) by checking out a book by a Native author. The following are a small selection of fiction, nonfiction, and video releases from Indigenous American authors – but there are many more to find! Just ask your local library staff member for help.


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1666: A Novel

Patawomeck Indian Tribe member and author Chilton fictionalizes the story of two women who survived the slaughter of their tribe and were sold into slavery in Barbados. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on hoopla. 


Beautiful Beautiful

A coming-of-age story from a Heiltsuk First Nation author, describing a trip to a funeral that stirs up issues of masculinity, ancestry, and different ways of life for its 12-year-old protagonist. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on hoopla. 




Fire Exit

Charles Lamosway is haunted by the relationship he never had with his daughter, who lives across the river in the Penobscot Reservation in Maine. He ruminates on his past while he decides whether to reveal his identity to the girl. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 


The Mighty Red

In the Red River Valley of North Dakota, several lives revolve around a wedding fraught with desire, jealousy, and uncertainty. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 


My Life: Growing Up Native in America

A collection of twenty essays, poems, and other works that capture and celebrate modern Native American experiences, highlighting the depth and complexity of Native American identity, resiliency, and joy. 



Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

DuVal’s deeply researched history describes the long history of the many tribes and nations who cared for and lived on the land that is now called North America before European colonizers arrived. 






Wandering Stars

“Wandering Stars” traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather’s shooting in “There There.”

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.