Indigenous Peoples Day 2022

1) Fresh banana leaves: healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science

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For anyone looking for an alternative to mainstream environmental solutions and discussions.

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"An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse....

2) The 500 years of Indigenous resistance comic book

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Hill, Gord

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500 Years of Indigenous Resistance

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What better way to honor Indigenous Peoples' Day than reading a comic about Indigenous defiance?

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"A new and expanded version of Gord Hill's seminal illustrated history of Indigenous struggles in the Americas. When it was first published in 2010, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book was heralded as a groundbreaking illustrated history of Indigenous activism and resistance in the Americas over the previous 500 years, from contact to present day. Eleven years later, author and artist Gord Hill has revised and expanded the book, which is now available...

3) How we go home: voices from indigenous North America

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Voice of witness

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Learn more about contemporary Indigenous people through oral history.

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In myriad ways, each narrator's life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience-and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take all that is Indigenous. Hear from Jasilyn Charger, one of the first five people to set up camp at Standing Rock, which kickstarted a movement of Water Protectors that roused the world; Gladys Radek, a survivor of sexual violence whose niece disappeared along Canada's...

4) Becoming kin: an indigenous call to unforgetting the past and reimagining our future

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Krawec, Patty

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This book offers concrete ideas and solutions for healing the scars left by colonial injustice.

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"Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler colonialism tried to force us into one particular way of living, but the old ways of kinship can help us imagine a different future. Krawec asks, What would it look like to remember that we are all related? How might we become better...

5) The native Mexican kitchen: a journey into cuisine, culture, and Mezcal

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Glueck, Rachel

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A delicious and communal (share, share!) way to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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A Deep Dive into the Complex and Vibrant Native Culture that is the Bedrock of Mexican Cuisine, with Over One Hundred Recipes, Including Moles, Pozoles, Chiles en Nogada, and More Mexican cuisine is ubiquitous in the American dining scene, yet it remains far removed from its roots. The Native Mexican Kitchen is an homage to the indigenous peoples and their culinary and cultural traditions that create Mexican cuisine, elevating it beyond Americanized...