# American Indian authors

From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, this best-seller is indispensable to anyone interested in the region’s history and its Native peoples. Lavishly illustrated.

Hardcover: $22.95
240 pages, 23 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206740

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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An essential title for the upper elementary classroom, Native People of Wisconsin fills the need for accurate and authentic teaching materials about Wisconsin’s Indian Nations.

Hardcover: $19.95
96 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN:9780870207716

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Warm, plainspoken, and wryly funny, Clark shares his own American Indian story, talking frankly about a culture’s struggle to maintain its heritage.

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Paperback: $28.95
360 pages, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-832-4

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The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.

The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.

The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.

The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.

This blend of poetry and prose delves deeply into the themes of family, community, grief, and the struggle to make a place in the world when your very identity is considered suspect.

A heartwarming children's story about a young Native girl and her family.

Wonderful children's story about the strength in passing down stories about life and death through generations. Beautifully illustrated!

A heartwarming children's story about a rescue dog and his journey to finding a new home!

A delightful story about a rabbit and otter who go harvesting wild rice. Written in English and Ojibwemowin.

An inspiring tale about a young Dakota basketball player whose determination and courage lead him through adversities. Set in 1930's South Dakota.

In this illustrated children’s story, the grandmother teaches her takoza (granddaughter) through stories while making star quilts and gardening.

Little Hawk shares his life journey—a story that is wise and irreverent, often funny, and deeply moving.

Nearly a decade in the making, this is a groundbreaking source for both beginning and veteran instructors. Hard Cover. First Edition.

Follow Rabbit and Otter as they go out to harvest maple sap and meet a new friend, Squirrel. Beautifully illustrated. In English and Ojibwemowin.

A beautifully told and illustrated story of when the little people gave the Anishinabe people the gift of maple syrup.

A story about a Lakota grandmother and her two grandchildren. Skateboards play a role in the author's life and appear through the story's illustrations.

The nation-to-nation treaties and other documents discussed here testify to the complexity and sovereignty of Indigenous governance then and now. This volume is a vital resource for historians and an accessible introduction to Indigenous treatymaking in Wisconsin.

An intimate and engaging Native food memoir. These stories from the author’s teen and tween years—some serious, some laugh-out-loud funny—will take readers from Catholic schoolyards to Native foot trails to bowling alleys.

Stories of the Ojibwe people told from the perspective of an elderly wolf. A profound blend of histlry, spirituality, and a dash of wolf wisdom and humor.

Heartfelt and bittersweet and layered with meaning, this book will resonate with anyone who longs to make the journey home, wherever that may be.

A hauntingly beautiful story about a little girl, Firefly, who is taken away from her grandmother and put in mission school. A must read Native boarding school story.

Artist Sam Zimmerman / Zhaawanoogiizhik explores nature, family, and Ojibwe culture through his painting, personal stories and stories handed down through generations.

A young girl, Hummingbird (Nenookass) chases a squirrel and becomes lost in the woods. Thankfully, she finds the helpful little people (memegwesiwag) who help her get back home with the assistance of the giant, Sabe. Beautifully illustrated.

In this charming and fully illustrated Ojibwe story, a young dandelion learns about the stages of life with the support of his parents and grandmother.

A beautiful Passamaqoddy story about a young girl who comes upon the little people. A lesson in the need to preserve our languages and culture.

Readers of "To Be Free" are invited to learn about the history and many expressions of racism, to explore ways of combating it, and to dare imagining a society free of it. For middle school age through adult readers. Updated second edition.

"What We Were Given as Anishinaabe" — A respected Ojibwe elder records many traditions and ceremonies, from birth customs and dream catchers to fasting and first-kill feasts, practiced by Ojibwe children and their parents.

Native American author Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) recounts the stories of the Dakota creation cycle as they were told a century and a half ago.

What goes into the making of a tribal elder? We find some answers in the story of Edward James Bainbridge. Written like a memoir in first person, his story provides rich lessons in resilience, hope, faith, and remaining, always, Ojibwe.

Anchored in the physical landscape, Blaeser’s poetry finds the sacred in those ordinary actions that bind a community together. Poems of exile, loss, and the celebration of that which remains.