IllumiNative Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Color Purple
Alice WalkerIllumiNativeAlice Walker’s writing explores multidimensional kinships among women and embraces the redemptive power of social and political revolution. Her most famous novel, The Color Purple, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1983. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/u5obZkRH0x
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall KimmererIllumiNativeIn her book Braiding Sweetgrass, biologist Robin Wall Kimmerer calls for a reciprocal relationship w/ nature. Her Indigenous wisdom from her Potawatomi ancestors center on the idea that plants & animals are humanity’s oldest teachers. #AncestralKnowledge https://loom.ly/RPD6dHI
Paperback, 2015
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Name of the Nearest River: Stories
Alex TaylorIllumiNativeVictoria, B.C. artist, Alex Taylor-McCallum (Kwakwakaʼwakw & Nuu–chah–nulth) brightens up the city with Indigenous artwork that represents more than just cultural expression, but also the stories, losses, and triumphs he has gone through. https://t.co/GRDluFhLXu
Paperback, 2010
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story
Danielle GreendeerIllumiNativeThe new book #Keepunumuk tells a version of the Thanksgiving story- through the perspective of the Native people who have always been there. Written by @Anthony_J_Perry, @Heron_Hill and @acbunten, illustrated by #GarryMeechesSr. https://t.co/6TZKodoUFu #NativeBook
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Thunder Before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt
Clyde BellecourtIllumiNativeA strong leader in the civil rights movement & elder for Indigenous people has walked on to join the ancestors. ✨ Clyde Bellecourt (White Earth Nation) Neegon-we-waywedon (The Thunder Before The Storm) co-founded #AIM which held major national protests in the 60s and 70s. https://t.co/AXJLeEHzSq
Paperback, 2018
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960
Liza BlackIllumiNativeWe are taking back our narratives through film & TV! Host & author of “Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film”, Liza Black joins #RutherfordFalls writer, @tai_leclaire to trace the history of Native American representation on @PBSOrigins. #RepresentationMatters #NativeTV https://t.co/xeUXrJiVUC
Paperback, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Apache
F. a. BirdIllumiNativeCongratulations to Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache), one of IllumiNative's founding board members, on receiving the 2023 Fusion Impact Award at the @outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival! @TheQueerReview https://t.co/N14cP8kLBl
Hardcover, 2021
$34.22$17.11 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Firestarter
Stephen KingIllumiNativeHappy Birthday to @MichaelGreyeyes (Nêhiyaw/Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) AKA Terry Thomas on #RutherfordFalls. Catch Michael on season 2 of Rutherford Falls on June 16th and in Stephen King’s Firestarter remake now streaming — both on @PeacockTV. https://t.co/QiCxHNuT3M
Paperback, Mass Market, 2016
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America
Matika WilburIllumiNativeMust see: "Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America," the culmination of an incredible decade-long project by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish/Tulalip) to photograph every federally recognized Tribal Nation (via @CNNStyle). #NativeRepresentation https://t.co/ATpVViYqVl
Hardcover, 2023
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unbought and Unbossed
Shirley ChisholmIllumiNativeShirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to congress in 1968. Using the motto “unbought and unbossed,” she went on to make history again in 1972 when she became the first African American to run for president. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/nDyIhtGwkV
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book