2024 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
Boarding Schools, Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples, Heather Bruegl
Indian Removal, Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples, Heather Bruegl
Indigenous Peoples and Military Service, Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples, Heather Bruegl
Longhouse Form of Government, Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples, Heather Bruegl
The American Indian Movement, Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples, Heather Bruegl
Being (Mé)tis, Jessie Moreau and Jason Eaglespeaker
Little Tree, Natashia Moodie
Sixties Scoop, Inez Cook
Sixties Scoop: Reconnection, Inez Cook
The Kids Garden Series: Gathering Up The Harvest (Book 3 of 3), Jennie Eaglespeaker
The Kids Garden Series: How We Grow Our Garden (Book 2 of 3), Jennie Eaglespeaker
The Kids Garden Series: Please Don't Hide My Vegetables (Book 1 of 3), Jennie Eaglespeaker
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, Cynthia L.Smith
Indian Shoes, Cynthia L. Smith
We Still Belong, Christine Day
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior, Carole Lindstron
The Thirteen W8banaki Moons, Christine Sioui Wawanoloath
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story, Coombs, Linda
Walking Together, Elder Albert D. Marshall and Louise Zimanyi
Too Much: My Great Big Native Family, Laurel Goodluck
AJIJAAK - Crane, Ceceli Rose LaPointe
Middle School Readers
Native Actors & Filmmakers: Visual Storytellers, Native Trailblazers Series, Gary Robinson
Native Athletes in Action: Revised Edition, Native Trailblazers Series, Vincent Schilling
Native Defenders of the Environment, Native Trailblazers Series, Vincent Schilling
Native Elders: Sharing Their Wisdom, Native Trailblazers Series, Sigafus, Kim and Lyle Ernst
Native Men of Courage: Revised Edition, Native Trailblazers Series, Schilling, Vincent
Native Musicians: In the Groove, Native Trailblazers Series, Vincent Schilling
Native Women Changing Their Worlds, Native Trailblazers Series, Patricia J., Cutright
Native Women of Courage, Native Trailblazers Series, Kelly Fournel
Native Writers: Voices of Power, Native Trailblazers Series, Kim Sigafus and Lyle Ernst
What is Cultural Appropriation? Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples, Heather Bruegel
Rez Ball, Byron Graves
Sisters of the Neversea, Cynthia L.Smith
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present, Adrienne Keene
Harvest House, Cynthia L. Smith
The Orange Shirt Story, Phyllis Webstad
High School Readers
Mascot, Charles Waters and Traci Sorrell
Big Family High School, Julian Martin and Brayden Martindale
First Nation Stories Anthology, Charlie Venne
Wliniwaskw Wliahki, Patricia Austin
Looking for Smoke, K.A. Cobell
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, Jen Ferguson
Those Pink Mountain Nights, Jen Ferguson
Two Tribes, Emily Bowen Cohen
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Seed Keeper, Diane Wilson
Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley
Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley
The Berry Pickers, Amanda Peters
There There, Tommy Orange
Two Roads, Joseph Bruchac
Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
Woven Through the Sweetgrass, Claudia Chicklas
Adult and Teacher Resources
Lessons from Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms, Guy W. Jones and Sally Moomaw
The First Nations Series for Young Readers Teacher Resource, Native Trailblazer Series, Shawntelle Nesbitt