{"id":12600,"date":"2023-11-14T09:16:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/?p=12600"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:24:22","slug":"native-american-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/native-american-childrens-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Native American Children&#8217;s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Tribes of Washington<\/em> map from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontribes.org\/the-tribes-of-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Tribes<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>November is Native American Heritage Month!<\/h1>\n<p>The American Indians in Children&#8217;s Literature (AICL) blog, established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Namb\u00e9 Pueblo, provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children&#8217;s and young adult books. This is one of many sources that can help contextualize books we may have loved as children, or still see in libraries today, as well as recommend awesome books written by and about Native Americans.<\/p>\n<p>For example, check out why Dr. Reese does not recommend <em>The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses<\/em> by Paul Goble, a Caldecott Medal winner we still have in our collection, and good questions to ask about books like <em>Storm Boy<\/em> by Paul Owen Lewis, another book we own.<\/p>\n<p>Stop by our Renaissance Kids collection to pick out a book to share with a child in your life, or celebrate Native American Heritage Month yourself by learning something or being called to action in a new way:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-1.png\" alt=\"book Covers of four native american children's books, listed below\" width=\"810\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-1.png 810w, https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-1-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-1-768x207.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know<\/em> by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane\u0301 Lessac (ages 7-10)<\/li>\n<li><em>Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story<\/em> by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal (ages 2-6)<\/li>\n<li><em>I Sang You Down From the Stars<\/em> by Tasha Spillett-Sumner, illustrated by Micheaela Goade (baby-4)<\/li>\n<li><em>We Are Water Protectors<\/em> by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Micheaela Goade (ages 3-7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-2.png\" alt=\"book covers of four native american children's books\" width=\"910\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-2.png 910w, https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-2-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-2-768x184.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Herizon<\/em> by Daniel W. Vandever, illustrated by Corey Begay (ages 3-10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>The story details the journey of a young Din\u00e9 girl as she helps her grandmother retrieve a flock of sheep aided by a magical scarf. Herizon is a wordless book as an ode to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) and in honor of all those without a voice (from Birchbark Books).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer<\/em> by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Natasha Donovan (ages 7-11)<\/li>\n<li><em>Learning My Rights With Mousewoman<\/em> by Morgan Asoyuf (ages 1-4)<\/li>\n<li><em>Be a Good Ancestor<\/em> by Leona and Gabrielle Prince, illustrated by Carla Joseph (ages 3-5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-3.png\" alt=\"book covers of 5 native american children's books\" width=\"982\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-3.png 982w, https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-3-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Row-3-768x171.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Becoming Miss Navajo<\/em> by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa (ages 5+)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Miss Navajo is a quintessential representation of her culture and serves as an ambassador for her people promoting education, community well-being, and the preservation of language and traditional life ways.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants endure a week-long competition as they are tested on their fluency in Dine\u0301 Bizaad (Navajo language), demonstrate traditional skills, perform contemporary talents, and engage in food preparation. Surrounded by her family and determined to represent her Navajo people, Jolyana Begay-Kroupa shares her journey to becoming Miss Navajo Nation (from Salina Bookshelf).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Phoenix Gets Greater<\/em> by Marty Wilson-Trudeau and Phoenix Wilson, illustrated by Megan Kyak-Monteith (ages 6-8)<\/li>\n<li><em>Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jime\u0301nez, Daughter of the Nahua<\/em> by Gloria Amescua, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (ages 6-10)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Book of Sisters: Biographies of Incredible Siblings Through History<\/em> by Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson, featuring Maria and Marjorie Tallchief (ages 8-10)<\/li>\n<li><em>Estoy orgullosa de mi pasado<\/em> by Amy White, illustrated by Mari\u0301a Jesu\u0301s Alvarez (ages 3+)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tribes of Washington map from Washington Tribes November is Native American Heritage Month! The American Indians in Children&#8217;s Literature (AICL) blog, established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":12603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,12,77,392,386],"tags":[404,417,253,185,157,577],"class_list":["post-12600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-books","category-cannell","category-clark-college-libraries","category-collections","tag-books","tag-cannell","tag-childrens-book","tag-clark-college-libraries","tag-collections","tag-native-american-heritage-month"],"views":1277,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12600"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13485,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600\/revisions\/13485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}