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Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The celebration of Indigenous cultures began as a week-long celebration in 1986, when President Reagan proclaimed the week of November 23-30, 1986 as "American Indian Week." Every President since 1995 has issued annual proclamations designating the month of November as the time to celebrate the cultures, accomplishments, and contributions of Native American and Alaska Native communities.  Learn about Native American culture and Native American experiences by reading these books.


Learn more about Native Americans from PBS and the Native American Heritage month website brought to you by the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian, The National Gallery of Art, The National Parks Service, The National Archive, The United States Holocaust Museum and The National Endowment of the Arts


list updated October 2023


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Black Sun

by Rebecca Roanhorse


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Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer


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Cherokee America

by Margaret Verble


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A Council of Dolls

by Susan Power


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Crooked Hallelujah

by Kelli Jo Ford


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Empire Of Wild

by Cherie Dimaline


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Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask

by Anton Treuer


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Heart Berries

by Terese Mailhot


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In The Night Of Memory

by Linda Legarde Grover


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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

by David Treuer


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In Whose Ruins

by Alicia Puglionesi


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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz


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Night Of The Living Rez

by Morgan Talty


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The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich

by Louise Erdrich


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The Rediscovery of America

by Ned Blackhawk


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Searching for Savanna

by Mona Gable


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The Seed Keeper

by Diane Wilson


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The Sentence

by Louise Erdrich


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The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen

by Sean Sherman


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When The Light Of The World Was Subdued

by Joy Harjo


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Winter Counts

by David Heska Wanbli Weiden


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Woman Of Light

by Kali Fajardo-anstine