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An infinity of nations : how the native New World shaped early North America
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
Killer of enemies #1
What
The Warriors
Iktomi and the ducks and other Sioux stories
Taku wadaka he? = (What do you see?)
Sharing the skies : Navajo astronomy
Home to Medicine Mountain
First laugh : welcome, baby!
Jingle dancer
Muskrat will be swimming
Songs from the loom : a Navajo girl learns to weave
Itse selu : Cherokee harvest festival
Dreaming in Indian : contemporary Native American voices
Follow the blackbirds
The chichi hoohoo bogeyman
Lincoln and the indians : Civil War policy and politics
Walking on earth & touching the sky : poetry and prose by Lakota youth at Red Cloud Indian School
Sky dancers
Not my girl
As long as the river flows
SkySisters
The people shall continue
The dance boots
When I was eight
The creator
Moccasin thunder : American Indian stories for today
We are grateful : otsaliheliga
Wild berries = Pikaci-mīnisa
Nanabosho & Porcupine
The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven
Hidden roots
God is red : a native view of religion
The birchbark house
Kiki
Sitting Bull : Lakota warrior and defender of his people
Songs of Shiprock Fair
Eagle song
Sacred wilderness
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
In the footsteps of Crazy Horse
My name is not easy
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
Saltypie : a Choctaw journey from darkness into light
Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué rico! : Americas
"All the real Indians died off" : and 20 other myths about Native Americans
Navajo long walk : the tragic story of a proud people
The blue roses
The Dakota prisoner of war letters = Dakota Kaŝkapi Okicize Wowapi
Mni sota makoce : the land of the Dakota
Buffalo Bird Girl : a Hidatsa story
Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491
All our relations : native struggles for land and life
A broken flute : the Native experience in books for children
Bears make rock soup and other stories
Grandmother Spider brings the sun : a Cherokee story
Trail of the dead #2
Native writers : voices of power
Hungry Johnny
A man called Raven
For indigenous eyes only : a decolonization handbook
You don
Native women of courage
House of purple cedar
Lana
Sacagawea
Dance in a buffalo skull
The displacement of native peoples
If I ever get out of here : a novel with paintings
An indigenous peoples
Custer died for your sins : an Indian manifesto
How I became a ghost : a Choctaw Trail of Tears story #1
Cell traffic : new and selected poems
A boy called Slow : the true story of Sitting Bull
Beloved child : a Dakota way of life
Black Elk
Birch Coulie : the epic battle of the Dakota War
Buffalo song
Giving thanks : a Native American good morning message
The Mishomis book : the voice of the Ojibway
Native athletes in action!
Mission to space
Crazy Horse
Native defenders of the environment
I am not a number

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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