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Jingle dancer
Wild berries = Pikaci-mīnisa
Grandmother Spider brings the sun : a Cherokee story
The Dakota prisoner of war letters = Dakota Kaŝkapi Okicize Wowapi
Giving thanks : a Native American good morning message
Sitting Bull : Lakota warrior and defender of his people
Bears make rock soup and other stories
Walking on earth & touching the sky : poetry and prose by Lakota youth at Red Cloud Indian School
Itse selu : Cherokee harvest festival
Cell traffic : new and selected poems
The Mishomis book : the voice of the Ojibway
Black Elk's vision : a Lakota story
Taku wadaka he? = (What do you see?)
Sacred wilderness
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
Dance in a buffalo skull
Sky dancers
Eagle song
Navajo long walk : the tragic story of a proud people's forced march from their homeland
The dance boots
Dreaming in Indian : contemporary Native American voices
The chichi hoohoo bogeyman
First laugh : welcome, baby!
Saltypie : a Choctaw journey from darkness into light
An indigenous peoples' history of the United States
My name is not easy
Nanabosho & Porcupine
Mission to space
I am not a number
When I was eight
Hungry Johnny
Iktomi and the ducks and other Sioux stories
Native women of courage
The creator's game : a story of baaga'adowe/lacrosse
Songs from the loom : a Navajo girl learns to weave
God is red : a native view of religion
Follow the blackbirds
An infinity of nations : how the native New World shaped early North America
The people shall continue
Native athletes in action!
Native writers : voices of power
The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven
Buffalo Bird Girl : a Hidatsa story
SkySisters
Me funny : a far-reaching exploration of the humor, wittiness and repartee dominant among the First Nations people of North America, as witnessed, experienced and created directly by themselves, and with the inclusion of outside but reputable sources necessarily familiar with the indigenous sense of humour as seen from an objective perspective
A boy called Slow : the true story of Sitting Bull
Sacagawea
As long as the river flows
Moccasin thunder : American Indian stories for today
Custer died for your sins : an Indian manifesto
The displacement of native peoples
You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
Trail of the dead #2
Sharing the skies : Navajo astronomy
We are grateful : otsaliheliga
The woman who outshone the sun : the legend of Lucia Zenteno = La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol : la leyenda de Lucía Zenteno
All our relations : native struggles for land and life
Songs of Shiprock Fair
Mni sota makoce : the land of the Dakota
Lincoln and the indians : Civil War policy and politics
Native defenders of the environment
Home to Medicine Mountain
Hidden roots
A broken flute : the Native experience in books for children
Crazy brave : a memoir
Birch Coulie : the epic battle of the Dakota War
Muskrat will be swimming
In the footsteps of Crazy Horse
House of purple cedar
Beloved child : a Dakota way of life
Not my girl
A man called Raven
The birchbark house
What's the most beautiful thing you know about horses?
Kiki's journey
If I ever get out of here : a novel with paintings
Lana's Lakota moons
The blue roses
Buffalo song
Killer of enemies #1
Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué rico! : Americas' sproutings
For indigenous eyes only : a decolonization handbook
Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491
How I became a ghost : a Choctaw Trail of Tears story #1

Access the MN American Indian Collection Literature collection here.

A large selection of fiction and non-fiction works written by Native authors and focusing on Native American culture has been added to our collection, which is made possible by a project of the Minnesota Office of Indian Education using federal funding, Library Service and Technology Act [LS 00-17-0024-17].

The collection boasts works such as “Buffalo Song” by Joseph Bruchac, “The Birchbark House” by Louise Erdrich and more, and offers something for all age groups from childhood to adulthood.

To access the full collection of works, library customers can search our catalog for “MN American Indian Literature” using the keyword search and quotation marks. While the collection was originally designed for use by educators teaching grades K-12, the materials have been wildly popular for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Click here to access the American Indian Literature Resources for Educators: An Annotated Bibliography. This document includes the MN English Language Arts Standards for K-12, the grade level served, the title and author of the recommended book, and an annotation.

A printable version of the American Indian book list is also available.

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