This November, join Anythink Libraries in celebrating Native American Heritage Month. One of the best ways to learn about the many tribes with longstanding roots in America is by reading books from Native American authors.
At the Anythink Nature Library, we’re proud to host an Indigenous Voices Collection. The groundbreaking collection features a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction materials written by members of Indigenous tribes across Colorado, the country and beyond.
Interested in picking up a book highlighting Native American voices this month, but don’t know where to start? Anythink’s Collection Development department has curated a list of books for all ages and interests.
Adult Fiction
- “Never Whistle at Night Part II” edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
- “Love is a War Song” by Danica Nava
- “Python’s Kiss” by Louise Erdrich
- “The Birthing Tree” by Amanda Peters
- “To Shape a Dragon’s Breath” by Moniquill BlackGoose
- “Off the Reservation” by Stephen Graham Jones
- “Blood Sisters” by Vanessa Lillie
- “Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange
- “Wisdom Corner” by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
- “Moon of the Turning Leaves” by Waubgeshig Rice
Adult Nonfiction
- “Shining the Light” by Monique Gray Smith
- “Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are” by Maceo Carrillo Martinet
- “A Voice Like Mine” by Deb Haaland
- “Our Knives Will Save Us” by Nephi Craig
- “Guardians of Life” by multiple authors
- “Blue Corn Tongue” by Amber McCrary
- “Cloud Runner” by Joy Harjo
- “The Savage Mind” by David Treuer
- “What the Ancestors Say” by Sierra Biidaaban Nadeau
- “We’ve Been Here the Whole Time!” by Joey Clift
Young Adult
- “The Rediscovery of America for Young People” by Blackhawk
- “Dreams, Volume 2: Visions from the Fire” by John-Kehewin
- “The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne” by Ballantyne
- “Children of Owl” by Darcie Little Badger
- “Words Spoken True” by Anne Broyles
- “Shards of Silence” by Brian Lee Young
- “Medicine Wheels” by Byron Graves
- “Like Glass” by Jen Ferguson
- “Fight Song” by Kirk Van Brunt
Chapter Books
- “Death in the Tallgrass” by Andrea L. Rogers
- “Raven, Rising” by Christine Hartman Derr
- “Secrets at Sparhawk Point” by Anna Rose Johnson
- “Tales from Cabin 23: The Sinking House” by Darcie Little Badger
- “Park Survival: Lost in Alaska” by Vera Starbard
- “Red River Rose” by Carole Lindstrom
Kids Nonfiction
- “Female Indigenous Heroes: 51 North American Women from the 1800s to Today” by Katrina Phillips
- “The Blue Corn Kitchen” by Alana Yazzie
- “Buffalo Ways: The Enduring History of Buffalo and the Frist Peoples of North America” by Deidre Havrelock
- “Indigenous from A to Z” by Traci Sorell
Picture Books
- “I Am Indigenous” by Anne Tenning
- “The Ones Who Came Before” by Kevin Maillard
- “Gathering the Light” by Joy Harjo
- “Here Come the Grandmas!” by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- “Fire in Your Belly” by Rebecca LaFond
- “Autumn’s Abundance: An Indigenous Celebration of Nature” by Kaitlin B. Curtice
Happy Native American Heritage Month, and happy reading!