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• Finding My Dance

  Thundercloud, Ria

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  This contemporary autobiographical picture book is written by Ho-Chunk Nation and Sandia Pueblo professional powwow dancer Ria Thundercloud. For readers ages 4-8.

• The Heartbeat Drum

  The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist (A Picture Book)

  Havrelock, Deidre

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  This biographical picture book introduces young readers to Indigenous Canadian Carol Powder, who became famous after singing and drumming during an event where Greta Thunberg spoke in 2019. Author Deidre Havrelock is Cree from the Saddle Lake Cree…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Light-footed People

  the Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  Cabot, Belen Medina

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  This is a picture book biography about Lorena Ramirez, a Mexican woman who became famous in 2017 after winning the Cerro Rojo Ultra Trail race in her traditional Rarámuri skirt and sandals. For readers ages 4-8.

• Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior

  Lindstrom, Carole, 1964-

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  Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior is "an inspiring picture book biography about two Indigenous Rights Activists, Josephine Mandamin and Autumn Peltier" (Macmillan Publishers). Peltier, born in 2004, was only 12 years old when she spoke to her Canadian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fighter in Velvet Gloves

  Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich

  Boochever, Annie

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  This book honors the work of Elizabeth Peratrovich, a Tlingit activist who challenged anti-Indigenous laws in Alaska in the 1940s and paved the way for the federal passage of the Anti-Discrimination Act. For readers ages 13-16.

• Sharice's Big Voice

  a Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

  Davids, Sharice, 1980-

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  "This acclaimed picture book autobiography tells the triumphant story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress [in 2019], and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas" (Harper Collins Publishers).…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shaped By Her Hands

  Potter Maria Martinez

  Anna Harber Freeman • Gonzales, Barbara

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  A biographical picture book about the most famous Indigenous potter of her time, Maria Poveka Martinez (1887–1981), a Tewa woman from the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico. For readers ages 4-8.

• Classified

  the Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

  Sorell, Traci

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  Born in 1908, Mary Gold Ross "designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Child of the Flower-Song People

  Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

  Amescua, Gloria

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  This picture book biography tells the story of a Nahua girl in the early 1900s in Mexico who used modeling to share her culture. For readers ages 6-10.

• The Water Walker

  Robertson, Joanne

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  The Water Walker is the story of Josephine-ba Mandamin, born in 1942, and her "great love for Nibi (water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet" (Second Story Press).…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gold Rush

  the Untold Story of the First Nations Women Who Started the Klondike Gold Rush

  Delargy, Flora

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  This book spends about 10% of its pages talking about one Indigenous woman, Kate Carmack, who was the first to discover gold in Canada's Yukon mountains in the late 1800s. For readers ages 7-11.

• Native Women Changing Their Worlds

  Cutright, Patricia J.

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  "The 12 Native American and First Nations women featured in this book overcame unimaginable hardships―racial and gender discrimination, abuse and extreme poverty―only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maria Tallchief

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  Born in 1925, "Maria Tallchief loved to dance, but was told that she might need to change her Osage name to one that sounded more Russian to make it as a professional ballerina. She refused, and worked hard at dancing her best, becoming America’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me

  Deb Haaland's Historic Inauguration

  Bunten, Alexis C.

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  This picture book shares the impact that Deb Haaland's election had in an urban Indigenous community and shares the cultural significance of ribbon skirts. For readers ages 4-8. Author Alexis C. Bunten is Aleut and Yup’ik.

• Deb Haaland

  Goodluck, Laurel

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  Learn about an enrolled member of the Pueblo Laguna nation who made political history for being one of the first two Native American women to be elected to Congress and the first Native American in history to become a cabinet secretary. Author…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deb Haaland

  First Native American Cabinet Secretary

  Martinez, Matthew J. • Doerfler, Jill

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  For readers ages 9+.

• Wilma Mankiller

  Sorell, Traci

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  Mankiller was born in 1945. "The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. As she got older and learned more about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Woman Cherokee Chief

  Wilma Pearl Mankiller

  Buckley, Patricia Morris

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  "The story of how Wilma Pearl Mankiller challenged gender norms introduced by settlers and become the first woman Cherokee Chief" (Random House). Author Patricia Morris Buckley is Mohawk from Canada. For readers ages 5-8.

• Buffalo Bird Girl

  A Hidatsa Story

  Nelson, S. D.

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  Written by Standing Rock Sioux author S.D. Nelson, Buffalo Bird Girl is the picture book biography of a 19th century Hidatsa woman who lived along the Missouri River on the Great Plains, practicing her tribe's traditions in the face of cultural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ella Cara Deloria

  Dakota Language Protector

  Wilson, Diane, 1954-

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  Born in 1889, Ella Cara Deloria "loved to listen to her family tell stories in the Dakota language. She recorded many American Indian peoples' stories and languages and shared them with everyone. She helped protect her people's language for future…Read moreRead more of this annotation