November is Native American Heritage Month - a time paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. Celebrate with this booklist for all ages showcasing books by and about Native Americans.

Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org.

Children's Picture Books

Being Home by Traci Sorell

Berry Song by Michaela Goade

Grandma’s Tipi: A Present-Day Lakota Story by SD Nelson

I Sang You Down From the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner

Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers

Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer

Let’s Go haw êkwa! by Julie Flett

Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow by Nicholas DeShaw

My Little Ogichidaa: An Indigenous Lullaby by Willie Poll

Powwow Day by Traci Sorell

Remember by Joy Harjo

Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte Marie

Too Much: My Great Big Native Family by Laurel Goodluck

We All Play Kimêtawânaw by Julie Flett

When the Stars Came Home by Brittany Luby

When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): A Cherokee Tribal Feast by Andrea Rogers

Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and Healing by Deidre Havrelock

Children's Nonfiction Books

Autumn Peltier: Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom

Encyclopedia of American Indian History & Culture by Cynthia O’Brien

Enduring Wisdom: Sayings from Native Americans by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Four Ancestors: Stories, Songs, and Poems from Native North America by Joseph Bruchac

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew

Indigenous America by Liam MacDonald

Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge by Deidre Havrelock

Native Americans in History by Jimmy Beason

Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past to Present by Adrienne Keene

The People Shall Continue by Simon J. Ortiz

Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids

Voices of the People by Joseph Bruchac

We Are Grateful by Traci Sorell

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell

What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland’s Historic Inauguration by Alexis Bunten

Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock by Aslan Tudor

Children's & Preteen Chapter Books

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Brave by James Bird

The Case of the Burgled Bundle by Michael Hutchinson

Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young

I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story by Andrea Rogers

The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie

Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James Bird

Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson

Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer

Teen & Young Adult Fiction

The Everlasting Road by Wab Kinew

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Hunting By Stars by Cherie Dimaline

Merciless Saviors by HE Edgmon

Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jenny Ferguson

Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jenny Ferguson

Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer

Adult Fiction

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom

The Ghost Dancers by Adrian Louis

Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by Margaret Verble

White Horse by Erika Wurth

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Adult Nonfiction

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

Born of Lakes and Plains: Mixed-Descent Peoples and the Making of the American West by Anne Farrar Hyde

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller

Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hämäläinen

Ladder to the Light: An Indigenous Elder’s Meditations on Hope and Courage by Steven Charleston

Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry edited by Joy Harjo

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies by Julian Aguon

Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff

Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo

Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History by Ned Blackhawk

Rise Up!: Indigenous Music in North America by Craig Harris

Talking With Hands: Everything You Need to Start Signing Native American Hand Talk by Mike Pahsetopah

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans in Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff