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BUD FINDS HER GIFT
“Gently conversational text from Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass), making her picture book debut, leans accessibly into themes of abundance, attentiveness, personal gifts, and reciprocity. Softly textured illustrations, which incorporate numerous species of fauna and flora, aptly capture Bud’s warm relationship with her grandmother and with the natural world.”
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass comes a beautiful and lushly illustrated tale celebrating gratitude, reciprocity, and finding our place in the natural world, ideal for sharing with the youngest readers.
SISTERS IN THE WIND
“A powerful story of family, belonging, and identity interlaced with thriller.””
From the instant New York Times bestselling author of “Firekeeper’s Daughter” and “Warrior Girl Unearthed” comes a daring new mystery, “Sisters in the Wind,” about a foster teen claiming her heritage on her own terms.
Angeline Boulley’s “Firekeeper’s Daughter” spent 30 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List and was recognized as one of Time magazine’s top 100 adult novels. It also won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2022 and received other accolades.
MEDICINE RIVER
“A devastating history...Weaving into her narrative her own mother’s experiences...Pember explores the psychological ramifications the schools had on subsequent generations. She comes to many quietly ruinous insights about the emotional neglect she herself suffered at the hands of her wounded mother...Concluding with a searing call for accountability, this strikes a chord.”
A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools….
A sweeping and trenchant exploration of the history of Native American boarding schools in the United States, and the legacy of abuse wrought by them in an attempt to destroy Native culture and life.
“Medicine River” paints a stark portrait of communities still reckoning with the legacy of acculturation that has affected generations of Native communities.
WASHITA LOVE CHILD
“Of all the musicians I’ve had the pleasure of playing with, Jesse is the one I admired most, like a big brother.”
No one played like Jesse Ed Davis. One of the most sought-after guitarists of the late 1960s and ’70s, Davis appeared alongside the era’s greatest stars―John Lennon and Mick Jagger, B.B. King and Bob Dylan―and contributed to dozens of major releases, including numerous top-ten albums and singles, and records by artists as distinct as Johnny Cash, Taj Mahal, and Cher.
FIREFLY SEASON
“Reflections on family, found family, and how bonds are forged and kept are reassuringly wholesome...Quietly sweet and authentic.”
Written by the award-winning, bestselling author of “Jingle Dancer,” Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee), and filled with tender illustrations by Kate Gardiner (Nipmuck), this unforgettable, warmhearted picture book is for family and the friends who become family.
NO SPIRITUAL SURRENDER
“Music is not enough. Direct & effective action is essential if we desire a healthy & sustainable existence. Entire eco-systems are being destroyed to maintain unsustainable lifestyles. Where there is an environmental crisis there is a cultural crisis because we are people of the earth.”
Klee Banally, A Beautiful Diné Warrior, Takes His Journey To The Spirit World….
Klee Benally, a Diné artist, musician, and writer, recently published a manifesto called “No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred”. In this document, he presents an anti-colonial analysis based on his frontline experiences. Benally strongly advocates for Indigenous autonomy and the complete liberation of Nahasdzáán (Mother Earth) by relentlessly challenging colonial politics.
HOUSE MADE OF DAWN
“We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least, completely, who and what, and that we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.”
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-Winning Novelist, Walks On at 89….
Navarre Scott Momaday, a renowned Kiowa writer from Oklahoma and New Mexico, wrote novels, short stories, essays, and poetry. His works blend traditional tales, history, and spirituality among modern Kiowa. The success of “House Made of Dawn,” his first novel and the first Pulitzer-winning work by a Native Author, inspired a wave of Indigenous literature. In 2007, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.