2021 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

Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock (Debwe), Dallas Hunt, pictures by Amanda Strong

The First Blade of Sweetgrass, Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey

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

I Am Not a Number, Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, pictures by Gillian Newland

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

Muskrat Will Be Swimming, Cheryl Savageau, pictures by Robert Hynes

Powwow Mystery Series, Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Dale Deforest:

The Powwow Dog

The Powwow Thief

The Powwow Treasure

Rabbit and Otter: Waabooz miinawaa Nigig, Liz Granholm, pictures by Anna Granholm

Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush: A Native American Legend, Tehanetorens and David Kanietakeron Fadden

Shin-chi's Canoe, Nicola I. Campbell, pictures by Kim LaFave

Sixties Scoop, Inez Cook

Stolen Words, Melanie Florence, pictures by Gabrielle Grimard

The Water Walker (English and Ojibwa Edition), Joanne Robertson

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

20th Century PowWow Playland, Mikhu Paul

The Arrow Over The Door, Joe Bruchac

Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations, Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield

Fatty Legs, Christy Jordan-Fenton, pictures by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Liz Amini-Holmes

Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley

The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations, Shirley N. Hager and Mawopiyane

Hidden Roots, Joe Bruchac

Kuhkomossonuk Akonutomuwinokot: Stories Our Grandmothers Told Us, Wayne A Newell, edited by Robert M Leavitt

March Toward the Thunder, Joe Bruchac

The Mighty Muskrats Mystery Series, Michael Hutchinson:

Windy Lake

Missing Auntie

Burgled Bundle

NAGPRA Comics, Sonya Atalay, Jen Shannon, and John Swogger:

Journeys to Complete the Work…And changing the way we bring Native American ancestors home.

Trusting You See This as We Do: Tribal sovereignty and the return of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony

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

One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General, Joseph Bruchac

Peacemaker, Joseph Bruchac

Rez Dogs, Joseph Bruchac

Secrets from the Center of the World, Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom

"Still They Remember Me": Penobscot Transformer Tales, Volume 1 (Native Americans of the Northeast), Carol A. Dana, Margo Lukens and Conor M. Quinn

Sweetgrass Basket, Marlene Carvell

Two Roads, Joseph Bruchac

UNeducation Series, Jason Eaglespeaker:

Vol 1: A Residential School Graphic Novel

Vol 2: The Epic Version

Young Native Boy Series, Aslan Tudor:

Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock

Young Native Activist: Growing Up in Native American Rights Movements

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