Stories and Books

[shadowrider]

Feel free to share any stories or books pertaining to Native American culture that might be of interest here.

[shadowrider]

[Vampiress]

How Native American Heritage Month came about:
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/november-is-native-american-heritage-month-here-s-how-that-happened

https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/november-proclaimed-national-native-american-heritage-month

 

More books you can enjoy in littlespace by by Indigenous Authors and Illustrators

link: https://www.madisonreadingproject.com/single-post/kids-books-by-indigenous-authors-and-illustrators

 

Another list for littlespace: https://www.cbcbooks.org/readers/reader-resources/indigenous-peoples-books-resources/

This list has books by age group so you can choose books for little or middle space: https://www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lists/indigenous-peoples-2020/

More books that vary by age group: https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/2020/04/home-classroom-teaching-native-american-childrens-teens-books-resources/

A list of  books for big space or for Caregivers: https://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/bookbag?bookbag=5671900

Various age groups, fiction and non-fiction: https://www.powells.com/native-american-heritage-month

Another list: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/native-american-heritage-month/

[Vampiress]

So I've seen Gene Tagaban perform a number of times over the years in person, we are both of the Tlingit tribe in Alaska, though we come from different clans. He is an amazing storyteller, musician and dancer. I thought I'd share some of his work, especially his stories! My favorite is his story about how Raven brought light to the world.

 

 

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[Vampiress]

You can also find some of his music on Spotify

 Apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gene-tagaban/348734055

Amazon music: https://www.amazon.com/Tleidooshu/dp/B0032LJSIE 

[Vampiress]

Raven dancer regalia owned by Gene Tagaban

[PRMari]

So cool to find this topic. I'm 32% Arawak Taino by DNA, totally surprised that it was this high. 

Learning to speak the Taino language, and the art is amazing. 

Blessings and blessings 

Mari

[Vampiress]

Just saw this!

 

[Alisolte]

Oh, um, there's this big kid book called "Mean Spirit" dats wicked important n duh Native American Literary Renaissance era n I was watching Barbie at the theater n I saw they are making duh  book a REAL movie BUUUUUT dey are givin it a diffrint name N DEY ARNT GIVIN DUH WRITER CREDIT FOR DUH STOREEEYYY!!! 

SO, you should read duh booksie but don watch Dat movie cuz dats so messed up!! 

[Vampiress]

5 hours ago, Alisolte said:

Oh, um, there's this big kid book called "Mean Spirit" dats wicked important n duh Native American Literary Renaissance era n I was watching Barbie at the theater n I saw they are making duh  book a REAL movie BUUUUUT dey are givin it a diffrint name N DEY ARNT GIVIN DUH WRITER CREDIT FOR DUH STOREEEYYY!!! 

SO, you should read duh booksie but don watch Dat movie cuz dats so messed up!! 

Thank you for the info, I haven't heard of that before but if they're stealing someone else's material then I'd definitely want to be avoiding that movie.

[Alisolte]

7 hours ago, Vampiress said:

Thank you for the info, I haven't heard of that before but if they're stealing someone else's material then I'd definitely want to be avoiding that movie.

Yeah, they're saying they're not, but basically what happened was Mean Spirit was written in 1991 by a Native American woman, then in 2017 some white guy wrote about the same stuff, and they're basing the movie off of HIS book, instead of hers. It's all kinds of messed up. I think the book/movie are called Killers of the Flower Moon or something like that. 

[Vampiress]

 

Top 10 Tuesday – Top 10 Books to Honour Truth and Reconciliation Day

https://readingpowergear.wordpress.com/2023/09/26/top-10-tuesday-top-10-books-to-honour-truth-and-reconciliation-day/