Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month @ MPL

Join the Missoula Public Library in celebration of Native American heritage throughout the month of November. On Level Four the library will host art from two artists all month, Dre Castillo (@drecastillocreations) and Monica Gilles BringsYellow (@brings_yellow_horses). During the month of November view art created by Native artists on all floors of the library. Also, there will be a book display pod on Level Three.

 

Bridging the Worlds: Buck Hitswithastick

 

Hosting a book club?  Try one of our Book Chat Kit suggestions.

 

 

A recommended reading list for Native American Heritage Month:

 

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Becoming Little Shell : Returning Home to the Landless Indians of Montana by Chris La Tray
Bitterroot : A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Susan Devan Harness
By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power
Full-Court Quest : The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions of the World by Linda Peavey
Indigenous Continent : The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hamalainen
Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell
Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Reclaiming Two-Spirits : Sexuality, Spiritual renewal, & Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory Smithers
The Rediscovery of America : Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
Red Paint : The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
Searching for Savanna by Mona Gable
Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

Date

Nov 01 - 30 2024
Ongoing...

Location

Missoula Public Library
455 E. Main, Missoula, Montana
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