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• Saints of the Household

  Tison, Ari

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  From Bibliocommons: Ari Tison is a Bribri (Indigenous Costa Rican) American and African descended poet and storyteller.

• We Will Be Jaguars

  a Memoir of My People

  Nenquimo, Nemonte, 1985-

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  From Bibliocommons: "From a fearless, internationally acclaimed activist comes an impassioned memoir about an indigenous childhood, a clash of cultures, and the fight to save the Amazon rainforest We Will Be Jaguars is an astonishing memoir by an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out of the Sierra

  a Story of Rarámuri Resistance

  Blanco, Victoria

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  From Bibliocommons: "A displaced family charts a path forward in this testament to the power of perseverance and the many forms resistance can take. The Rarámuri people of Chihuahua, Mexico, make up one of the largest Indigenous tribes of North…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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  From Bibliocommons: "From the copper canyons of Mexico her swift footsteps echo. Clip clap, clip clap. Experience a 60-mile run with indigenous athlete Lorena Ramirez, who captured the world's attention when she won an ultramarathon in Mexico…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Around Us

  Gonzalez, Xelena

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  From Author Website: A former librarian and enrolled member of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation, Xelena has become a sought-after speaker on topics such as radical self love, creative early literacy strategies, inhabiting story through music and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems

  Sánchez, Mikeas, 1980-

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  From Bibliocommons: In a fiercely personal yet authoritative voice, prolific contemporary poet Mikeas Sánchez explores the worldview of the Zoque people of southern Mexico... Mikeas Sánchez is the author of How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I, Rigoberta Menchú

  An Indian Woman in Guatemala

  Menchú, Rigoberta

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  From Gale in Context - Biography: Rigoberta Menchú received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala. [Bibliocommons] Rigoberta Menchú was born on January 9, 1959, in Chimel, a village in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spirit Run

  a 6,000-mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

  Álvarez, Noé

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  "Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fresh Banana Leaves

  Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science

  Hernandez, Jessica, 1990-

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  From Bibliocommons: "...Jessica Hernandez-Maya Ch'orti' and Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of environmental agency Piña Soul-introduces and contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and proposes a vision of land stewardship that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lizards Hold the Sun

  Trujillo, Dani

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  From Author Website: Dani Trujillo is a fiction storyteller born of Pueblo and Mexican descent. From Bibliocommons: About the Book - Xiomara Chavez has dedicated her life to the preservation of her Mexican homeland. One of hundreds of applications,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Woman of Light

  a Novel

  Fajardo-Anstine, Kali

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  From Kirkus Reviews: The first novel from the author of the acclaimed story collection Sabrina and Corina (2019). Fajardo-Anstine, whose debut story collection was a finalist for many prizes, including the National Book Award, returns with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Claro de luna

  Santiago, Elizabeth

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  Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident. [Bibliocommons]

• Rituals for Climate Change

  a Crip Struggle for Ecojustice

  Ortiz, Naomi

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  Naomi Ortiz identifies on her website as "Disabled, Mestize (Indigenous/ Latinx/ White)."

• Taino

  A Novel

  Barreiro, Jose

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  From Bibliocommons: "The story of what really happened when Columbus arrived in the "New World," as told by the Taíno people who were impacted.... Barreiro is a member of the Taíno Nation of the Antilles."

• The Youngest Sister

  Moreno, Suniyay

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  From Bibliocommons: Suniyay Moreno is the name the author has chosen because it is the one given to her by her Quechua grandmother. She was born and lived in the mountains above Santiago del Estero in Argentina where she loved to climb trees…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bidao Nholh' En Bdunh Dolla Doyelhe

  La Pequeña Niña Que Siempre Tenía Hambre

  Mendoza Huerta, Yasbil Yanil Berenice,

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  This book includes text in the Zapotec language.

• Run, Little Chaski!

  An Inka Trail Adventure

  Llanos, Mariana

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• Poetry of the Earth: Mapuche Trilingual Anthology

  Jaime Luis Huenún Villa

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  The Mapuche are an indigenous group from Chile and Argentina.

• Where Wonder Grows

  Gonzalez, Xelena

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