Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World

"Piper feels grateful for visits with her relatives, especially for the time spent with her cousins in Cherokee Nation and Muscogee Nation during summer vacations, fishing on misty mornings and playing on firefly-filled evenings. Piper's family lives a road trip away in Kansas City. So when a neighbor named Sumi moves in next door, Piper is excited to share her stories and seasons with a new friend. The two are inseparable--until Piper's family moves...

Celebrates aunts, related by birth or not, who surround children with unyielding love and support. Includes author's note.

Dani and her family follow the Anishinaabe tradition and celebrate spring as the new year when nature comes alive after its winter rest.

"Bahe and Dezba are helping their grandmother, Nali, move from her sheep camp home to their house. The family is packing up, carrying heavy boxes, and settling into a new life together, which isn't always easy. At every frustration, they throw up their hands and exclaim, 'Yáadilá!' Good grief! Bahe sees that this big change is hardest for Nali. But he has a secret plan. Whatever can he be doing with a bucket of water, all that yarn, and Dezba's...

After days of no buffalo sightings, Rose, a young Métis-Ojibwe girl, defies instructions to stay at camp, dons her father's wolf skin, and successfully tracks a herd of buffalo.

"Sissy's younger brother, Chooch, isn't a baby anymore. They just celebrated his second birthday, after all. But no matter what Chooch does -- even if he's messing something up! Which is basically all the time! -- their parents say he's just "helping." Sissy feels that Chooch can get away with anything! When Elisi paints a mural, Chooch helps. When Edutsi makes grape dumplings, Chooch helps. When Oginalii gigs for crawdads, Chooch helps. When Sissy...

Bineshii learns to dance at his first powwow.

"The autobiographical story of Billy Mills, an Oglala Lakota orphan who achieved his dream of winning a gold medal as a runner in the 1964 Olympics despite racism, poverty, and debilitating health challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the changes brought upon a beloved family tree that must be uprooted and planted on new land.

On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.