Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017) Focusing on music icons like Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Taboo (The Black Eyed Peas), Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Jesse Ed Davis, Robbie Robertson, and Randy Castillo, RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World shows how these pioneering Native American musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives.

Red Fever (2024) Follows filmmaker Neil Diamond on a journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that remains widespread across pop culture.

The Activist (2014) A gripping political thriller set during the 1973 Wounded Knee insurrection.

NuHoNiYeh: Our Story (1993) This powerful film produced from a Native perspective, has won many awards in recognition of its exploration of the history and current circumstances of the Sayisi Dene, a people of the ecological and cultural borderlands between tundra and forest in Canada.

Gather (2020) Stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of ancient food ways is a way forward for native Americans to bring back health and vitality to their people.

A Good Day to Die (2011) Recounts the life of Dennis Banks and his involvement with the civil rights group, AIM.

The Heart Stays (2024) A coming of age story about a Native American teen who must choose between her own personal goals and the traditional responsibilities of the old ways.

Crooked Arrows (2012) A story centered on a Native American lacrosse team making its way through a prep school league tournament.

My Little Ogichidaa: An Indigenous Lullaby by Willie Poll

The word Ogichidaa itself means warrior in Anishinaabemowin, and this beautifully illustrated book is a tribute to Indigenous families everywhere who are proudly raising their children to carry forward their culture, language, and love with resilience, strength, and kindness.

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy

#Not Your Princess presents an eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art that combine to express the experience of being a Native woman.

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, Cherie

In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America’s indigenous population – and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world.

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty–with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight–breathes life into tales of family and a community as they struggle with a painful past and an uncertain future.

You Were Made for This World by Stephanie Sinclair

You Were Made for This World brings together forty Indigenous writers, artists, activists, athletes, scholars and thinkers with a joint purpose: to celebrate the potential of young people, to share a sense of joy and pride in language, traditional and personal stories and teachings, and shared experiences, and to honor young people for who they are and what they dream of.

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

Chronicles the desperate quest of five residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward.

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

A young Native girl’s hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe’s reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself.

There There by Tommy Orange

A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize.

Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

The twenty-four linked tales in Alexie‘s debut collection—an instant classic—paint an unforgettable portrait of life on and around the Spokane Indian Reservation, a place where “Survival = Anger x Imagination,” where HUD houses and generations of privation intertwine with history, passion, and myth.

Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie 

Alexie vaults with ease from comedy to tragedy and back in a tour-de-force outing powered by a collision of cultures: Delta blues and Indian rock.

Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.

Indigenous Life in America offers an expansive window into Indigenous history, allowing students to examine the full depth of America’s past and present through a wider and more diverse lens. This rich collection supports cross-curricular research and discussion in subjects including history, literature, sociology, government,  cultural studies, religious studies, Native American Studies, and more.