Indigenous peoples today books
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Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall KimmererEssays by a botanist and citizen of the Potawatomi Nation that link Indigenous knowledge of plants and land with scientific practice.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar OrtizA history of the United States from the perspective of Native nations, focusing on settler colonialism, land dispossession and resistance.
Seven Fallen Feathers
Tanya TalagaJournalism on the deaths of Indigenous teenagers who moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for high school, and on the systemic failures around them.
I, Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta MenchúA testimonio by a K'iche' Maya woman from Guatemala about the violence against Indigenous communities during the civil war, recorded with the anthropologist Elisabeth Burgos-Debray.
Five Little Indians
Michelle GoodA novel following survivors of Canadian residential schools as they live with the lasting effects of the system.
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