2022 One-Shelf Books…
Selected and reviewed by Gedakina Staff, this list includes some titles that have been carried over from previous book lists as well as some brand new titles.
Picture Books and Young Readers
Be a Good Ancestor, Leona & Gabrielle Prince
Firefly: A Boarding School Story, Elizabeth Albert-Peacock
The First Blade of Sweetgrass, Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey, pictures by Nancy Baker
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, Kevin Noble Maillard, pictures by Juana Martinez-Neal
Gathering Up The Harvest, Jennie Eaglespeaker
Giving Thanks, Chief Jake Swamp
Mama Do You Love Me?, Barbara M. Joosse, pictures by Barbara Lavallee
Many Hands: A Penobscot Indian Story , Angeli Perrow
May We Have Enough to Share, Richard Van Camp
Newonul Temikotokil Waponahkiyik, Mihku Paul, pictures by Isabella-Zoe Ciolfi
The People Shall Continue, Simon Ortiz
Shi-shi-etko, Nicola I. Campbell, pictures by Kim LaFave
Shin-chi's Canoe, Nicola I. Campbell, pictures by Kim LaFave
Thanks to the Animals, Allen Sockabasin, pictures by Rebekah Raye
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, Traci Sorell, pictures by Frane Lessac
We Are Still Here, Traci Sorell
When the Shadbush Blooms, Messinger, Carla, Katz, and Susan, pictures by Fadden;David
When We Are Kind / Nihá’ádaahwiinít’íigo (English and Navaho Edition), Monique Gray Smith, pictures by Nicole Neidhardt, translation by Mildred Walters
Middle and High School Readers
The Arrow Over The Door, Joe Bruchac
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom, Tim Tingle, pictures by Jeanne Rorex Bridges
Deb Haaland: First Native American Cabinet Secretary, Jill Doerfler & Matthew J Martinez
Fatty Legs, Christy Jordan-Fenton, pictures by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Liz Amini-Holmes
Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley
Five Little Indians: A Novel, Michelle Good
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way, Jesse Thistle
Hidden Roots, Joe Bruchac
I Can Make This Promise, Christine Day
Indian No More, Charlene Willing McManis
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the US for Young People, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
March Toward the Thunder, Joe Bruchac
The Mighty Muskrats Mystery Series, Michael Hutchinson:
Windy Lake
Missing Auntie
Burgled Bundle
Rigged Race
Native Trailblazers Series, Vincent Schilling:
Native Defenders of the Environment, Vincent Schilling
Great Athletes in Action, Vincent Schilling
Native Women of Courage, Kelly Fournel
Native Writers: Voices of Power, Kim Sigafus and Lyle Ernst
Native Actors and Filmmakers, Gary Robinson
Native Musicians in the Groove, Vincent Schilling
Native Elders: Sharing Their Wisdom, Kim Sigafus and Lyle Ernst
Native Men of Courage, Vincent Schilling
Native Women: Changing Their Worlds, Patricia Cutright
Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty
Rain is Not My Indian Name, Cynthia L. Smith
The Seed Keeper, Diane Wilson
Show Me a Sign (Book #1 in the Show Me a Sign Trilogy), Ann Clare LeZotte
Sweetgrass Basket, Marlene Carvell
Two Roads, Joe Bruchac
Woven Through the Sweetgrass: Memories of a New England Abenaki Family, Claudia Chicklas, edited by Joyce Chicklas and Margaret Chicklas Perillo
Young Native Boy Series, Aslan Tudor:
Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock
Young Native Activist: Growing Up in Native American Rights Movements
Adult and Teacher Resources
The First Nations Series for Young Readers Teacher Resource (Native Trailblazer Series), Shawntelle Nesbitt
Lessons from Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms Guy W. Jones & Sally Moomaw