Theme: Grounded in Tradition Resilient in Spirit
National American Indian Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of American Indians and Alaskan Natives, the first people of the United States. The 2020 U.S. Census counts 9.7 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. Of this population there are 574 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and 100 state-recognized tribes across the United States. Each tribe has their own unique native history, beliefs, governance structure, and culture.
Below is a sampling of LRC books in observance of National American Indian Heritage Month. These books are either available for check out from the LRC or can be accessed online as eBooks through our EBSCOhost eBook database subscription (login credentials are posted on Blackboard under Services or see LRC staff).
eBooks available through EBSCOhost database
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Nunakun-Gguq Ciutengqertut/They Say They Have Ears Through the Ground: Animal Essays from Southwest Alaska by ISBN: 9781602234123Publication Date: 2020-09-01 -
Faith, Food, and Family in a Yupik Whaling Community by ISBN: 9780295981895Publication Date: 2002-06-01 -
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Reckonings: Contemporary Short Fiction by Native American Women by ISBN: 9780195109252Publication Date: 2008-03-11 -
Tanaina Plantlore/Dena'ina K'et'una: An Ethnobotany of the Dena'ina People of Southcentral Alaska by ISBN: 9781602234048Publication Date: 2020-04-15 -
Mass Murder in California's Empty Quarter: A Tale of Tribal Treachery at the Cedarville Rancheria by ISBN: 9781496217561Publication Date: 2020-10-01 -
Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands, 1720–1877 by ISBN: 9781469655147Publication Date: 2020-04-20
Books available in the LRC and which are on display during November
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First Americans: U.S. patriotism in Indian country after World War I by Call Number: D570.8 .I6 G7513 2018ISBN: 9780300224337Publication Date: 2018-05-22 -
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by Call Number: E77 .T797 2019ISBN: 9781594633157Publication Date: 2019-01-22 -
Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces by Call Number: E98 .M5 H37 2020ISBN: 9781588346971Publication Date: 2020-09-15 -
Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior by Call Number: E99 .A6 L38 2014ISBN: 9781476734934Publication Date: 2014-05-06 -
Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation by Call Number: E99 .C5 S37 2018ISBN: 9781501128714Publication Date: 2018-04-10 -
Seasons of the Eskimo: A Vanishing Way of Life by Call Number: E99 .E7 B78ISBN: 9780821202982Publication Date: 1971-01-01 -
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by Call Number: E99 .O8 G675 2017ISBN: 9780385534246Publication Date: 2017-04-18
Some of the information on this page was borrowed from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute's (DEOMI) Special Observances human relations toolkit for National American Indian Heritage Month.