Celebrate Native American Heritage Month With the University Libraries

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In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, University Libraries staff have compiled a list of digital material available to all students, staff and faculty. Physical items are also on display on Level 4 of Mullins Library, and all displayed items are available for immediate checkout.

eBooks

In Braiding Sweetgrass, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer of the Potawatomi Nation demonstrates how working with the land, as opposed to shaping it to one's purpose, is a method rooted in Indigenous tradition and borne out by science.

Calling for a Blanket Dance takes readers into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they soldier through myriad difficulties: his father's sudden kidney failure and subsequent disability, his mother's struggle to hold on to her job and care for her husband, the constant resettlement of the family and Ever's own bottled-up rage at the instability all around him.

Firekeeper's Daughter is the debut young adult thriller by Angeline Boulley. The novel's plot centers on Daunis Fontaine, an 18-year-old girl with a French mother and an Ojibwe father, who often feels torn between cultures. When she witnesses a murder and goes undercover for the FBI, Daunis uses her knowledge of both cultures to unravel the case.

The Earth Is All That Lasts is a triumphant and tragic saga of two leaders struggling to maintain the freedom of their people against impossible odds.

In Indian Voices, Alison Owings takes readers on a journey across America, documenting what Native Americans say about themselves, their daily lives and the world around them.

Cherokee America is a post-Civil War epic of the American frontier set in the old Cherokee Nation West.

In Shapes of Native Nonfiction, Washuta and Warburton showcase 22 contemporary Native writers and their provocative approaches to form while exploring familiar legacies of personal and collective trauma and violence.

Even As We Breathe invokes the elements of bone, blood and flesh as Cowney navigates social, cultural and ethnic divides. Betrayed by the friends he trusted, he begins to unearth deeper mysteries as he works to prove his innocence and clear his name.

In the Night of Memory is set on the fictional Mozhay Point Reservation and tells the story of Loretta, who becomes one more missing Native woman in Indian Country's long history of loss.

In Eating the Landscape, Enrique Salmón focuses on an array of Indigenous farmers who uphold traditional agricultural practices in the face of modern changes to food systems, such as extensive industrialization and the genetic modification of food crops.

Streaming Videos

100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice for Native Americans documents the story of Elouise Cobell's fight for justice for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans who were cheated out of billions of dollars by the United States government.

The program Native Americans traces the origins of Native Americans in North America, discusses their histories and considers their roles in contemporary U.S. society.

A Good Day to Die chronicles the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement in 1968 to advocate for and protect the rights of American Indians.

The documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America.

Native-American History: Native American Influence on the US explores the ways in which our government, economy, agriculture, medicine, language and legal system are still influenced by Native American contributions.

PBS NewsHour: March 29, 2018, Native American imagery is everywhere but understanding lags behind covers an exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian, simply titled "Americans," which shows how all aspects of life have been touched by the history and symbols of Native culture.

Our Fires Still Burn: The Native American Experience is a one-hour documentary that invites viewers into the lives of contemporary Native American role models living in the US Midwest.

The centerpiece of We Shall Remain is a television series that highlights Native ingenuity and resilience over the course of 300 years. The series upends two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as either ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land.

The Trail of Tears Cherokee Legacy, narrated by James Earl Jones and featuring Wes Studi (who speaks his native Cherokee in the film, with English subtitles), tells the story of the Indian Removal Act and how, during the removal process, nearly a quarter of the Cherokee Nation died on the Trail of Tears.

Pure Grit chronicles three years in the life of a young Native American bareback horse racer, her dogged determination and the relationships that sustain her.