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• They Would Not Be Moved

  the Enduring Struggle of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to Keep Their Reservation

  White, Bruce M., 1951-

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  The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, known as “the non-removeable band,” remained steadfast in the face of challenges to the Treaty of 1855, which granted them 61,000 acres of land along the south shore of Lake Mille Lacs for their use indefinitely. They…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invisible No More

  Voices From Native America

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  Invisible No More is a groundbreaking collection of stories by Native American leaders, many of them women, who are leading the way through cultural grounding and nation-building in the areas of community, environmental and economic justice. While…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Side of the River

  An Alaska Native Story

  Kelly, Elias

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  In My Side of the River, agricultural specialist Elias Kelly (Yup'ik) relates how traditional Native subsistence hunting is often unrecognized by government regulations, effectively criminalizing those who practice it. Kelly alternates between…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Fire at the Center

  Solidarity, Whiteness, and Becoming a Water Protector : a Memoir

  Van Fossan, Karen I. (Karen Irene)

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  This is a story of becoming and un-becoming. When the living waters that crisscrossed the Standing Rock reservation came under threat, minister of the nearby Unitarian Universalist congregation Karen Van Fossan asked herself what it means, as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rediscovery of America

  Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

  Blackhawk, Ned

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  A long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, with a new generation of scholars insisting that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Be a Water Protector

  the Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers

  LaDuke, Winona

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  Winona LaDuke is a leader in cultural-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy, sustainable food systems and Indigenous rights. In this book, LaDuke explores issues that have been central to her activism for many years -- sacred…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Earth Keeper

  Reflections on the American Land

  Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-2024

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  Momaday, a member of the Kiowa tribe, reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people, sharing stories passed down through generations that reveal a profound spiritual connection to the American landscape and reverence for the natural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 1953-

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  As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer explores the natural world, wedding the scientific method with the traditional knowledge of indigenous people. Intertwined throughout is the history of the injustices perpetrated against…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• As Long as Grass Grows

  the Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock

  Gilio-Whitaker, Dina

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  Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leadership of Indigenous women in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States

  Restoring Cultural Knowledge, Protecting Environments, and Regaining Health

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  Scholars, activists, farmers, fishers, and cooks to explore the importance of food sovereignty for Native communities, considering the systematic separation Native communities have suffered from their food systems and the resulting impacts, ranging…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

  Native America From 1890 to the Present

  Treuer, David

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  David Treuer, Ojibwe author from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, challenges false notion that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. The story of American Indians since the end of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our History Is the Future

  Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

  Estes, Nick

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  Nick Estes, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, traces traditions of Indigenous resistance and battles for sovereignty leading to the #NoDAPL movement from the days of the Missouri River trading forts through the Indian Wars, the Pick-Sloan…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Seeds

  a Menominee Indian Food Memoir

  Weso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)

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  To the Menominee Indians, the 'good seeds' of life are the manomin, or wild rice, that also gives the tribe its name. In this unique food memoir, tribal member Thomas Pecore Weso takes readers on a cook's journey through Wisconsin's northern woods.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Recovering the Sacred

  the Power of Naming and Claiming

  LaDuke, Winona

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  The indigenous imperative to honor nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling. Formal protections exist for Native American religious expression, but not for the places and natural resources…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seventh Generation Earth Ethics

  Native Voices of Wisconsin

  Loew, Patty

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  This collection of Native biographies, one from each of the twelve Indian nations of Wisconsin, introduces the reader to some of the most important figures in Native sustainability. The Native people whose lives are depicted in Seventh Generation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mni Sota Makoce

  the Land of the Dakota

  Westerman, Gwen

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  Drawing on oral history interviews, archival work, and painstaking comparisons of Dakota, French, and English sources, Mni Sota Makoce tells the detailed history of the Dakota people and their deep cultural connection to the land that is Minnesota.

• Rez Life

  An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life

  Treuer, David

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  David Treuer examines Native American reservation life -- primarily Ojibwe reservation life in Minnesota and Wisconsin -- past and present -- illuminating misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oyate

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  An inflection point for human rights and environmental justice, the #NoDAPL struggle became a rallying cry for Indigenous people everywhere to take a stand against centuries of land theft, imposed poverty, and cultural erasure. ‘Oyate’ elevates the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lakota Nation Vs. United States

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  This powerful documentary explores the historical and ongoing struggle of the Lakota Sioux to reclaim the Black Hills, a sacred land taken by the U.S. government. Delving into issues of colonialism, justice, and indigenous rights, this film…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Story

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  Over 90 percent of the available lands in the Greater Chaco region of the Southwest have already been leased for oil and gas extraction. Our Story documents the ongoing Indigenous-led work to protect the remaining lands that are untouched by oil and…Read moreRead more of this annotation