2023 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 and Gabrielle Prince

The Canoe Maker, Jean Flahive and Donald Soctomah

Firefly: A Boarding School Story, Elizabeth Albert-Peacock

The First Blade of Sweetgrass, Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, Kevin Noble Maillard

Giving Thanks, Chief Jake Swamp

Heart Berry Bling, Jenny Kay Dupuis

Little People of the Dawn, Miquansis Sapiel

Many Hands: A Penobscot Indian Story, Angeli Perrow

The People Shall Continue, Simon Ortiz

My Powerful Hair, Carol Lindstrom

Newonul Temikotokil Waponahkiyik, Mihku Paul, illustrations by Isabella-Zoe Ciolfi

Remember, Joy Harjo

Still This Love Goes On, Buffy Sainte-Marie

Sometimes I Feel Like a River, Danielle Daniel

The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation, Alice B. McGinty

We Are Still Here, Traci Sorell

We Are Water Protectors, Carole Lindstrom

Middle and High School Readers

All the Real Indians Died Off, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker

The Arrow Over The Door, Joe Bruchac

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer

A Council of Dolls, Mona Susan Power

Deb Haaland: First Native American Cabinet Secretary, Jill Doerfler and Matthew J Martinez

Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley

Hidden Roots, Joe Bruchac

Indian No More, Charlene Willing McManis

Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge, Deidre Havrelock

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

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

The Seed Keeper, Diane Wilson

Sweetgrass Basket, Marlene Carvell

Two Roads, Joe Bruchac

Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley

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

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape, Katie Holten

Lessons from Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms Guy W. Jones and Sally Moomaw