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Native American Heritage Month
Acknowledge and celebrate Indigenous peoples of North America through their stories with Native American titles and resources throughout the year.
Include, and uplift Native voices with titles and resources from some of the many recently added lists:
- Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples of North America: Award-Winning Books
- Stories and Voices of Contemporary Native Americans
- Poetry, Plays, and Short Stories: American Indian Heritage
- Remarkable Girls and Women: Native Voices
- American Indian Authors: Science Fiction and Supernatural
- Graphic Novels and Comics: American Indian Heritage
- American Indian History: Books for Young People
- Memoir & Ancestral Voices: American Indian Heritage
- Music and Dance: American Indian Heritage
- Art and Artists: American Indian Heritage
- Traditional Tales
- Family Stories
Support the American Indian Library Association’s Read Native Challenge by promoting these titles for children and teens to readers in your library.
Explore concepts of wisdom, respect, and responsibility using this educator’s guide after watching this complete video book reading of Remember.
Promote reading and interest readers with book trailers for these recent titles by Indigenous authors:
Feature books and resources by and about Native Americans that have been honored by the American Indian Youth Literature Award. Create bookmarks or embed to share them with readers!
Use these Digital Book Kits to support family engagement with stories.
Search our entire American Indian Collection for additional titles and resources to incorporate into your lessons and programming.
- Hear author Traci Sorrell talk about the survival, sovereignty, and strength of Native nations in her Meet-the-Author Recording for We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know, then find discussion questions and learning activities in this lesson kit from the publisher.
- Honor names by listening and learning from these Indigenous authors:
