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Fresh banana leaves : healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science
Author: Jessica Hernandez, PhD
Year: 2022
ISBN: 9781623176051
Abstract: "...Jessica Hernandez-Maya Ch'orti' and Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of environmental agency Piña Soul-introduces and contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and proposes a vision of land stewardship that heals rather than displaces, that generates rather than destroys. She breaks down the failures of western-defined conservatism and shares alternatives, citing the restoration work of urban Indigenous people in Seattle; her family's fight against ecoterrorism in Latin America; and holistic land management approaches of Indigenous groups across the continent. Through case studies, historical overviews, and stories that center the voices and lived experiences of Indigenous Latin American women and land protectors, Hernandez makes the case that if we're to recover the health of our planet-for everyone-we need to stop the eco-colonialism ravaging Indigenous lands and restore our relationship with Earth to one of harmony and respect." -- Provided by publisher.
Ebook available from the Alaska Digital Library.
The Door on the Sea
Year: 2025
ISBN: 9781837863785
Abstract: "When Elaan trapped a salmon-stealing raven in his cupboard, he never expected it would hold the key to saving his people from the shapeshifting Koosh invaders plaguing their shores. In exchange for its freedom, the raven offers a secret that can save Elaan's home: the Koosh have lost one of their most powerful weapons, and only the raven knows where it is. Elaan is tasked with captaining a canoe crewed by an unlikely team including a human bear-cousin, a massive wolf, and the endlessly vulgar raven. To retrieve the weapon, they will face stormy seas, cannibal giants and a changing world. But Elaan is a storyteller, not a warrior. As their world continues to fall to the Koosh, and alliances are challenged and broken, Elaan must choose his role in his own epic story"--
Ebook and audiobook available from the Alaska Digital Library. Audiobook always available on hoopla.
Love is a war song
Author: Danica Nava
Year: 2025
ISBN: 9780593642627
Abstract: "A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn't be more different come together to strike a deal in this new romantic comedy by Danica Nava, author of The Truth According to Ember. Pop singer Avery Fox has become a national joke after posing scantily clad on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather war bonnet. What was meant to be a statement of her success as a Native American singer has turned her into a social pariah and dubbed her a fake. With threats coming from every direction and her career at a standstill, she escapes to her estranged grandmother Lottie's ranch in Oklahoma. Living on the rez is new to Avery--not only does she have to work in the blazing summer heat to earn her keep, but the man who runs Lottie's horse ranch despises her and wants her gone. Red Fox Ranch has been home to Lucas Iron Eyes since he was sixteen years old. He has lived by three rules to keep himself out of trouble: 1) preserve the culture, 2) respect the horses, and 3) stick to himself. When he is tasked with picking up Lottie's granddaughter at the bus station, the last person he expected to see is the Avery Fox. Lucas can't stand what she represents, but when he's forced to work with her on the ranch, he can't get her out of his sight--or his head. He reminds himself to stick to his rules, especially after he finds out the ranch is under threat of being shut down. It's clear Avery doesn't belong here, but they form a tentative truce and make a deal: Avery will help raise funds to save the ranch, and in exchange, Lucas will show her what it really means to be an Indian. It's purely transactional, absolutely no horsing around...but where's the fun in that?"-- Provided by publisher.
Wandering stars
Author: Tommy Orange
Year: 2024
ISBN: 9780593318256
Abstract: "Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in There There"-- Provided by publisher.
Ebook and audiobook available from the Alaska Digital Library.
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The marrow thieves [kit]
Author: Cherie Dimaline
Year: 2017
ISBN: 9781770864863
Abstract: "In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.'"-- Provided by publisher.
Ebook and audiobook available from the Alaska Digital Library.
By the fire we carry : the generations-long fight for justice on Native land
Author: Rebecca Nagle
Year: 2024
ISBN: 9780063112049
Abstract: "A powerful work of reportage and American history in the vein of Caste and How the Word Is Passed that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation's earliest days, and a small-town murder in the '90s that led to a Supreme Court ruling reaffirming Native rights to that land over a century later"-- Provided by publisher.
Ebook and audiobook available from the Alaska Digital Library. Audiobook always available on hoopla.
Moon of the crusted snow : a novel
Author: Waubgeshig Rice
Year: 2018
ISBN: 9781770414006
Abstract: "A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. The community leadearship loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve. Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision. Blending action and allegory, Moon of the Crusted Snow upends our expectations. Out of catastrophe comes resilience. And as one society collapses, another is reborn."--provided by publisher.
Ebook and audiobook available from the Alaska Digital Library. Ebook and audiobook always available from the Alaska Digital Library.
Stolen : a novel
Author: Ann-Helén Laestadius ; translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles
Year: 2023
ISBN: 9781668007167
Abstract: "On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle, nine-year-old Elsa--daughter of Sámi reindeer herders--sees a man brutally kill her beloved reindeer calf and threaten her into silence. When her father takes her to report the crime, local police tell them that there is nothing they can do about these "stolen" animals. Killings like these are classified as theft in the reports that continue to pile up, uninvestigated. But reindeer are not just the Sámi's livelihood, they also hold spiritual significance; attacking a reindeer is an attack on the culture itself. Ten years later, hatred and threats against the Sámi keep escalating, and more reindeer are tortured and killed in Elsa's community. Finally, she's had enough and decides to push back on the apathetic police force. The hunter comes after her this time, leading to a catastrophic final confrontation."-- Provided by publisher.
Ebook available from the Alaska Digital Library.
Becoming Little Shell : a landless Indian's journey home
Author: Chris La Tray
Year: 2024
ISBN: 9781571313980
Abstract: "From Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray, a singular story of discovery and embrace of Indigenous identity"-- Provided by publisher.
Ebook and audiobook available from the Alaska Digital Library. Ebook and audiobook always available on hoopla.
The buffalo hunter hunter
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Year: 2025
ISBN: 9781668075081
Abstract: "A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits. This is an American Indian revenge story written by one of the new masters of horror, Stephen Graham Jones."-- Provided by publisher.
Ebook and audiobook available from the Alaska Digital Library.