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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day by Learning More

Submitted by Durham Tech Library on Mon, 10/11/2021 - 10:20am
Living nations, living words An anthology of first peoples poetry edited by Joy Harjo
braiding sweetgrass: indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by robin wall kimmerer
How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America edited by Sara Sinclair
1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C Mann
Even as We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
White Magic by Elissa Washuta
The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen by sean sherman with beth dooley
the firekeeper's daughter by angeline boulley
the night watchman by louise erdrich
Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United State by Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 t the Present by David Treuer
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
elatsoe by darcie little badger

In 2017, the state of North Carolina proclaimed the second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day(link is external) and in 2021, the president of the United States acknowledged Indigenous Peoples' Day for the first time with an official proclamation(link is external). 

What is Indigenous Peoples' Day? 

An alternative to Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day is "a celebration ... to bring acknowledgment to the Native population" (link is external) and remove the focus from Columbus, a man who caused great harm to Native populations. 

Instead, "It can be a day of reflection of our history in the United States, the role Native people have played in it, the impacts that history has had on native people and communities, and also a day to gain some understanding of the diversity of Indigenous peoples," according to Mandy Van Heuvelen, the cultural interpreter coordinator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.(link is external)


Want to learn more about Indigenous peoples' history, culture, and diverse experiences?

Check out a some of the books available through the Durham Tech Library collections.

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