Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe is an artist from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian Tribe and the author of the 2022 memoir Red Paint. Her debut poetry collection, Rose Quartz, is forthcoming in March. I ...
Host Michel Martin speaks with Aaron Carapella of Tribal Nations Maps about children's books that address the history and experiences of Native Americans. We're just a few weeks away from the ...
Children often learn about Indigenous cultures from history, but it’s just as important to know that Native American Indian cultures are still alive and strong in the modern-day, too. That’s why I ...
Indigenous and Native American Heritage Month reminds us of the importance of reading Native American children’s books to learn and celebrate the culture, contributions, history, and traditions of ...
Boulley released her debut novel "Firekeeper's Daughter" in 2021. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month this November, Angeline Boulley shares her top 10 book recommendations. Boulley, an ...
A professor-turned-historian, a mother-and-son duo, a former Alaska Native games athlete and coach, and the handler of a locally famous therapy dog were among more than a dozen Indigenous authors at ...
When poet and Pulitzer-winning novelist Louise Erdrich, an enrolled Turtle Mountain Chippewa, founded Birchbark Books & Native Arts in Minneapolis in 2001, there were few Indigenous-owned bookstores ...
Book Club might be a misnomer, because the NDN Girls Book Club involves more than talking about books. This upstart literary nonprofit — run by Native women under the age of 25 who are also juggling ...
Past portrayals of Native American or Indigenous comic book superheroes would often follow the same checklist: mystical powers, an ability to talk to animals, and a costume of either a headdress or a ...
David Treuer believes he might be one of a few professionals doing what a friend called “The Toni Morrison trifecta”: teaching, writing and editing. It’s an apt comparison. As an editor at Random ...
Tommy Orange, the award-winning author of “There, There,” recommends his favorite books by Native writers. By Concepción de León Over the past several years, states and cities across the United States ...