Legacy Unbound

12/03/2024

11/30/2024

Every family has at least one person who seems to be keeper of the family legends (official and unofficial), have all the best photographs and remember the name of each cousin-twice removed from the three generations back. This is a book list that honors those archivists and the ways that our family stories make up the greater narratives of our communities.

Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel
Written by Cheyenne M. Stone and Glenda Armand
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1666: A Novel
By Lora Chilton
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Buffalo Dreamer
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Return to Yakni Chitto: Houma Migrations
By Monique Verdin
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Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
By Nick Estes
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11/28/2024

11/26/2024

If you’re trying to decide what to gift the educators in your life check out this set of books in our TBR list.

Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education by Jo Chrona
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I Am On Indigenous Land by Katrina M. Phillips
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Re-Storying Education: Decolonizing Your Practice Using A Critical Lens by Carolyn Roberts
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Grand Chief Salamoo Cook Is Coming to Town!
Written by Tomson Highway
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11/21/2024

Here’s our list of suggested titles for the art lovers and poets! These books are beautifully written and illustrated, and carry a wealth of cultural knowledge and inspiration.

As always, we encourage you to use that library card, or support your local indie bookstore!

Wisdom Weavers: Explore the Ojibwe Language and the Meaning of Dream Catchers by
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We Live Here: Poems for an Ojibwe Calendar Year by Lois Beardslee
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On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues by .a.vansise
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Unbound: Narrative Art of the Plains edited by Emil Her Many Horses
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11/18/2024

With your support our Silent Reading Parties were able to raise over $200 in support of next summer’s cohort!

It may not sound like much, but it’s the equivalent of gifting each intern a copy of our book club read at the start of the summer, or paying an intern for two of their shifts.

Every little bit helps and we’re so grateful to be in community with each of you. Shout out to our bookstore friends for sharing their space with us. and we couldn’t have done it without you!

11/16/2024

Please join us at tomorrow, November 17, from 3-5pm for the final silent reading party in honor of Indigenous Heritage Month!

All proceeds support our summer internship program, so grab your tickets today: legacyunbound.org/srp

11/15/2024

It’s exciting to witness a new wave of Indigenous authors and illustrators getting their books for young people published. Here’s a list of titles for the kids and picture book lovers in your life.

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by
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Storycatcher and Ahasiw’s Forest Powwow by .macmillan
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Dad, I Miss You: A Residential School Story by Nadia Sammurtok
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Birth of the Chosen One: A First Nations Retelling of the Christmas Story by Terry M. Wildman
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Little Moons by Jen Storm
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11/09/2024

We know it’s been an emotionally charged week for many. And we’re also listening to Black and Indigenous folks reminding us to look beyond this moment, stay committed to lasting change, and center decolonization and reparations.

Here are some titles to remind you that liberation is the work of many generations and that hope is our birthright.

Ka’m-t’em: A Journey Toward Healing
by Kishan Lara-Cooper

Manomin: Caring for Ecosystems and Each Other, edited by Brittany Luby, Andrea Bradford, Samantha Mehltretter and Jane Mariotti

We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth
edited by Dave Jamail and Stan Rushworth

Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being
By Randy Woodley and Edith Woodley

Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance
Edited by Terria Smith

11/05/2024

10/24/2024

to sit in the audience at .club and get a signed copy of new book!! It was such a treat to listen to their stories of time travel and the informal ways that Black people have always (and will continue to) be archivists, preservationists and historians of our collective stories.

Houston folks, try to catch them at tonight!

10/14/2024

Our Juneteenth silent 📖 party with was such a hit we’ve decided to do them throughout November with bookstore partners across the country.

Come celebrate Indigenous People’s Month and support our BIPOC internships by registering for a silent reading party near you! Registration details and suggested titles to come.