Adult Services Librarian Sue Hansen curated a collection of Native American books in connection with the presentation of Significance of the Strawberry Cushion, a beading workshop led by Akwesasne artist Wilma Zumpano set for June 9 at NOPL Cicero.  The project connects local artists and crafters to unpack the meaning of the fabric, beads, and belt-making in history, culture, and storytelling. (Registration space is limited.)

Some of these titles, including fiction, non-fiction, biographies, memoirs, and local interest genres, are available at a display at the front desk at NOPL Cicero. All books can be borrowed through the OCPL catalog.  Just click the link to borrow or place a title on hold.

Native American Non-Fiction 

Native American Spiritualism:  An Exploration of Indigenous Beliefs and CulturesNative American Spiritualism Cover - light blue background, gold and blue geometric framing, with floral and leaf pattern on the sides, blue and gold bald Eagle medallion in the center top by L.M. Arroyo

Wisdom’s Daughters:  Conversations with Women Elders of Native America written and photographed by Steve Wall and Harvey Arden, editor

Wild Girls:  How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles

Sisters in Spirit: The Iroquois Influence on Early American Feminists by Sally Roesch Wagner

Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

Gathering Moss:  A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer 
Winner of the John Burroughs Medal Award for Natural History Writing 

Living Nations, Living Words an Anthology of First People’s Poetry 

New Poets of Native Nations by Heid E. Erdrich  

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through:  A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry

An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo: Poems 

She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo 

Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light:  Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers by Jake Skeets 

Whereas by Layli Long Soldier 

Walking the Clouds:  An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction   

Girlhood: Essays by Melissa Febos

Earth Always Endures, Native American Poems selected by Neil Philip

And Grandma Said: Iroquois Teachings, as Passed Down Through Oral Tradition  by Tom Porter     

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King  

 

Biography, Memoir and Local Interest 

PoeCover of Poet Warrior by Joy Harlo - native american patterned medallion design on a dark blue backgroundt Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo

Ladder to the Light:  An Indigenous Elder’s Meditations on Hope and Courage by Steven Charleston

Who Are These People Anyway? by Irving Powless

 

 

 

Local Interest 

Reading the wampum : essays on Hodinöhsö:ni‘ visual code and epistemological recovery by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey

Neighbor to Neighbor, Nation to Nation: Readings About the Relationship of the Onondaga Nation with Central New York, USA compiled by Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: life in Native America by David Treuer, adapted by Sheila Keenan

 

 

 

Native American Fiction 

Woman of Light by Kali-Fajardo-Anstine  

Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Removed by Brandon Hobson

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham

The Grass Dancer by Susan Power

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 

Winter in the Blood by James Welch

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Sabrina and Corina: Short Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine 

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology