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Picture Books & Chapter Books - Middle Grade & Young Adult

picture books & chapter books
You Are the Land by Steph Littlebird, Steph Littlebird

You Are the Land

Steph Littlebird

Steph Littlebird (Oregon's Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes)

The Sacred Stone Camp by Rae Rose, Aly McKnight

The Sacred Stone Camp

Rae Rose, Aly McKnight

Aly McKnight (Shoshone-Bannock Tribes)

Brave by Weshoyot Alvitre, Weshoyot Alvitre

Brave

Weshoyot Alvitre

Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva)

Being Home by Traci Sorell, Michaela Goade

Being Home

Traci Sorell, Michaela Goade

Traci Sorell (Cherokee) &

Michaela Goade

(Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Kiks.ádi Clan (Raven/Frog) from Sheet’ká)

At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell, Weshoyot Alvitre

At the Mountain's Base

Traci Sorell, Weshoyot Alvitre

Traci Sorell (Cherokee) &

Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva)

Contenders by Traci Sorell, Arigon Starr

Contenders

Traci Sorell, Arigon Starr

Traci Sorell (Cherokee)

Arigon starr (Kickapoo)

Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud, Kalila J. Fuller

Finding My Dance

Ria Thundercloud, Kalila J. Fuller

Ria Thundercloud

(Ho-Chunk Nation and Sandia Pueblo)

Tallchief by Maria Tallchief, Rosemary Wells, Gary Kelley

Tallchief

Maria Tallchief, Rosemary Wells, Gary Kelley

Maria Tallchief (Osage)

Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow by Nicholas DeShaw, Tara Audibert

Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow

Nicholas DeShaw, Tara Audibert

Nicholas deshaw (Anishinaabe —Bois Forte Ojibwe, Migiziwan Odoodeman— Eagle clan)

Tara Audibert (Wolastoqey-french heritage)

She Persisted: Deb Haaland by Laurel Goodluck, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

She Persisted: Deb Haaland

Laurel Goodluck, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

Laurel Goodluck

(Mandan and Hidatsa, Tsimshian Tribe)

She Persisted: Maria Tallchief by Christine Day, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

She Persisted: Maria Tallchief

Christine Day, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

Christine Day (Upper Skagit)

She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller by Traci Sorell, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller

Traci Sorell, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

Traci Sorell (Cherokee)

Who Was Wilma Mankiller? by Andrea Page, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi

Who Was Wilma Mankiller?

Andrea Page, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi

Andrea Page (Lakota (Sioux))

middle grade & young adult
Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan

Buffalo Dreamer

Violet Duncan

Violet Duncan

(Plains Cree and Taino from Kehewin Cree Nation )

Indigenous America by Liam McDonald, Doug Kiel, Jennifer Sabin

Indigenous America

Liam McDonald, Doug Kiel, Jennifer Sabin

Liam McDonald (Mohawk)

Doug Kiel (Oneida )

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation) by David Treuer, Sheila Keenan

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation)

David Treuer, Sheila Keenan

David Treuer (Ojibwe)

Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Ashley Lukashevsky

Imaginary Borders

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Ashley Lukashevsky

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (Mexica)

Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac is an award-winning author, poet, novelist, and storyteller. He writes about Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a particular focus on northeastern Native American lives and folklore. He is the author of many children's books, including Pushing up the Sky and Code Talker. For a complete list of books by Joseph Bruchac — picture books to young adult — CLICK HERE.

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