Indigenous Author
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2023 category: Indigenous Author.
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Haboo
Translated and edited by Upper Skagit elder Vi Hilbert, this new edition of 33 stories from the Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound features a beautiful redesign and a new foreword by Jill La Pointe, Hilbert's granddaughter.
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Poet Warrior
The first Indigenous US Poet Laureate, Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. In this hybrid memoir, she combines poetry and prose to describe her lifelong love of words and her transformation into a gifted poet.
Format: Large Print
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Where the Dead Sit Talking
In this novel by Cherokee author Hobson, newly adopted 15-year-old Sequoyah finds an uncanny bond with his fellow Indigenous and foster sibling Rosemary, even as their largely unsupervised lives gradually spiral toward a very dark place.
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Bad Cree
Supernatural forces are at work in this creepy tale of a young Cree woman mourning her sister's sudden death, a haunting debut from Nehiyaw (Cree) author Jessica Johns.
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The Only Good Indians
From Blackfeet author Jones comes this chilling horror story of revenge that begins when four Blackfeet men kill a mysterious pregnant elk on forbidden hunting ground. Ten years later, these men must reckon with this killing and fight to survive.
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Red Paint
In this captivating memoir, LaPointe writes candidly about her upbringing as an Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian and the descendant of Vi Hilbert, her romantic relationships and her connection to the Pacific Northwest punk scene.
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Living Nations, Living Words
Edited by Joy Harjo, this recent anthology collects poetry by contemporary Indigenous poets throughout North America and beyond.
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Heart Berries
In this slim but riveting memoir, Mailhot (Nlaka’pamux) grapples with centuries of intergenerational trauma inflicted on her family and her ancestors, her own mental illness and her messy relationships with men.
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Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's
Midge (Hunkpapa Lakota) brings a healthy dose of humor to her thoughtful explorations of Indigenous identity, contemporary politics and pop culture in this collection of personal reflections on life as a Native woman in 21st-century America.
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Blood Snow
A finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, this second collection from Okpik (Iñupiaq Inuit) highlights her deep connections to her ancestral homeland in Alaska and the current threats it faces.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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