Continuing to Honor Native People

As we continue to carry forward what we learned during Native American Heritage Month in November, we share this list of resources from Adrienne Keene, Cherokee Nation, host of the All My Relations podcast and author of Notable Native People.

Indigenous Resources and Media to Engage
To continue learning! Absolutely non-exhaustive (think of it as a sampler platter), limited by Adrienne’s knowledge/connections/community. 

Indigenous Podcasts:

• This Land (season 1 covers the Oklahoma supreme court case that affirmed most of OK is still reservation land, Season 2 covers Indian Child Welfare Act case): https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/

• All My Relations: https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/ 

• Coffee with my Ma (convos between actress Tiio Horn and her amazing Mohawk activist/storyteller mom): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffee-with-my-ma/id1372866076 

• Red Nation Podcast (wide variety of indigenous topics, with a socialist/anarchist frame): https://therednation.org/ 

• The Cuts with Sterlin Harjo (interviews by director/filmmaker Sterlin Harjo): http://www.thecutspodcast.com/ 

• The Henceforward (about Black/Native relationships): http://www.thehenceforward.com/ 

• Toasted sister (about Indigenous food): https://toastedsisterpodcast.com/ 

• Woman of Size Podcast (hosted by Rutherford Falls star Jana Schmieding about women’s bodies and reclaiming space): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woman-of-size/id1319140670 

• Medicine for the Resistance (“a podcast hosted by an Anishnaabe kwe and an Afro mystic looking at life through #Black and #Indigenous eyes.”): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/medicine-for-the-resistance/id1435420704 

• Coffee and Quaq (“A podcast to celebrate and explore contemporary Native life in urban Alaska.”): https://www.coffeeandquaq.com/ 

• Media Indigena (weekly Indigenous current affairs podcast): https://mediaindigena.com/

Indigenous TV:

• Rutherford Falls (Peacock TV)

• Reservation Dogs (Hulu/FX)

• Trickster (CW) 

• Molly of Denali (PBS, kids cartoon) 

Indigenous Non-Fiction Books:

• An Indigenous History of the United States (also has a version for young people) by Dunbar-Ortiz: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/indigenous-peoples-history-of-the-us/ 

• Notable Native People By Adrienne Keene (will be out October 19th!): https://www.amazon.com/Notable-Native-People-Indigenous-Changemakers/dp/1984857940/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=notable+native+people&qid=1619535195&sr=8-1 

• Anything by Vine Deloria 

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Our History is the Future by Nick Estes

• Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life by David Trueuer

• Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith

Indigenous Fiction: 

• Courting Book’s List 

• Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Anishinaabe)

• Brandon Hobson (Cherokee):

  • The Removed

  • Where the Dead Sit Talking

• Rebecca Roanhorse (Pueblo): 

  • Trail of Lightning Trilogy

  • Black Sun

• Louise Erdrich (Anishinaabe):

  • So many books! 

• There, There by Tommy Orange

• More here: https://chireviewofbooks.com/2019/11/18/22-books-by-indigenous-writers-to-read-right-now/ 

• And here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/must-read-books-by-indigenous-authors 

• And on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/indigenous-fiction 

Indigenous Memoir:

• White Magic by Elissa Washutta (Cowlitz)

• Heart Berries by Terese Mailhot

• Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo 

• Bad Indians by Deborah Miranda (Highly recommended for more CA Native context)

• More here: https://www.strongnations.com/store/item_list.php?it=1&cat=2897 

Indigenous Children’s Books:

• American Indians in Children’s Literature Blog by Debbie Reese (Nambe Pueblo)

• Has reviews and recommendations for hundreds of children’s books by and about Natives 

Indigenous Bookstores:

• Birchbark Books (owned by author Louise Erdrich), located in Minneapolis

• Red Planet Comics and Books (NM), only Native owned comic store in the world

Articles: 

• Decolonization is not a Metaphor by Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang: https://clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.osu.edu/files/Tuck%20and%20Yang%202012%20Decolonization%20is%20not%20a%20metaphor.pdf 

• “Of Warrior Chiefs and Indian Princesses: The Psychological Effects of Indian Mascots” by Stephanie Fryberg: http://www.indianmascots.com/fryberg--web-psychological_.pdf 

• Land Grab Universities (amazing piece of journalism that looks at the relationships between land grant universities and colonialism): https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.4/indigenous-affairs-education-land-grab-universities, https://www.landgrabu.org/ 

Native designers and fashion:

• Beyond Buckskin Boutique: https://shop.beyondbuckskin.com/products 

• OXDX: https://www.oxdxclothing.com/ 

• Eighth Generation: https://eighthgeneration.com/ 

• Trickster Co: https://trickstercompany.com/ 

Indigenous Organizations to support:

• NDN Collective

• Landback.org 

• Seeding Sovereignty

• Indigenous Environmental Network

• Advance Native Political Leadership

Other Resources: 

• Illuminative: https://illuminatives.org/ 

• Reclaiming Native Truth Project: https://rnt.firstnations.org/ 

• Indian Country Today (Indigenous news site): https://indiancountrytoday.com/ 

• Dr. Keene’s Syllabi are available here: https://www.adriennekeene.com/#/research-and-teaching/ 

  • Intro to Ethnic Studies Syllabus (first two weeks are on settler colonialism): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z-i_KW5wF8WAYUvNJfS0ZJpdZFpGpspPK-5y5w8v4jY/edit 

• Intellectual Property in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) Project, “Think before you appropriate” (a guide to avoiding cultural appropriation): https://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/sites/default/files/resources/teaching_resources/think_before_you_appropriate_jan_2016.pdf 

• National Congress of American Indians (largest tribal organization in the country - lots of information on their site): https://www.ncai.org/resources 

• Visit the National Museum of the American Indian next time you are in DC (OR in NYC - little known fact that it’s one of the Smithsonians outside of DC): https://americanindian.si.edu/ 

Indigenous Instagram Accounts:

• Well for Culture (Indigenous wellness): https://www.instagram.com/wellforculture/ 

• Indigenous Goddess Gang (Indigenous femme activism/fashion/community/writing): https://www.instagram.com/indigenousgoddessgang/ 

• Rising Hearts (Native grassroots organizing, missing and murdered indigenous women advocacy): https://www.instagram.com/rising_hearts/ 

• Indigenous Women Hike: https://www.instagram.com/indigenouswomenhike/ 

• Seeding Sovereignty: https://www.instagram.com/seedingsovereignty/ 

• Project 562 (Matika Wilbur’s Photography journey): https://www.instagram.com/project_562/ 

• LilNativeBoy: https://www.instagram.com/lilnativeboy/?hl=en (often names places where you can directly financially support Native people)