Tribal Library Collection

We extend thanks and appreciation to all Tribal contributors and consultants—past, present and future—who have invested and shared their time, talent and wisdom to make these materials available. We offer gratitude to the State Library of Oregon and Network of the National Library of Medicine Region V for their help, and to We Need Diverse Books for their generous classroom set of Firekeeper's Daughter. The result is a dazzling display of Native resilience and creativity to support us all in caring for our Native children. Please also reference the libraries of the nine Native Nations in Oregon, and ORPARC's full library & library page, along with our other Tribal-specific Resource pages, including Adoptee & Foster Native Voices, ICWA/ORICWA, Jingle Dance & Powwows, Parenting Native Children, Native Heritage and Native Health & Wellbeing.

If you know of a library item for our wish list that has been overlooked—particularly local Native authors/illustrators—please let us know at orparclibrary@nwresource.org!

Our Tribal Collection of 300+ items features many genres and subjects!

Please also explore our Culture Connection Collection.

American Indian Library Association
- Tribal Library Resources
American Indians in Children's Literature
Healing Story Alliance
Heartdrum, a Native-focused Imprint
Native Bookshelf by Native America Calling - multiple episodes!
National Indian Education Association Recommended Reading List
IndigiPopX - Indigenous comic con!
State Library of Oregon
- Tribal Cultural Inventory
- Tribal Materials
Talk Story - Sharing stories, sharing culture

Native Author-featured Articles & Videos

9 Ways to Lift Up & Learn from Indigenous Voices by Diverse Books
Books originally written for their own children come to life more than twenty years later. Charlene and Wilson Bearhead (Nakota) saw the need for more indigenous representation in children's books by Shirley Byers - authors in ORPARC's library
Carole Lindstrom (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe)Turns Family History Into a Poetic Song of Hope and featuring Steph Littlebird (Grand Ronde) by Kimberly Olson Fakih - author in ORPARC's library
Choosing (Not) to Share: Indigenous Knowledge Sharing in Darcie Little Badger's "A Snake Falls to Earth (Lipan Apache) by Diverse Books
'Firekeepers Daughter': PW Talks with Debut Novelist Angelina Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) by Publisher's Weekly - author in ORPARC's library
“I want Native children to see themselves in modern stories in their communities…” – An Author Interview with Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa/Tsimshian) by Diverse Books
Jessica Mehta (Cherokee), A Life Well Written is a Life Well Lived by Osiyo TV (video) - author in ORPARC's library
Meet Steph Littlebird (Grand Ronde) by Latinitas Magazine, plus an OPB Interview with Steph Littlebird - illustrator in ORPARC's library
- and Oregon's Steph Littlebird on new book and exhibit about Native resilience by Kristi Turnquist, Oregonian
Meet the Author Recording with Katrina M. Phillips (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) by Teaching Books - author in ORPARC's library
Native Voices in Children's Literature by Debbie Reese (Nambé Pueblo)
A New Narrative: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day by Diverse Books - featuring We Are Still Here by Traci Sorell (Cherokee)
Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatami Nation) - author in ORPARC's library
Seeking Input & Ideas from North American Indigenous Peoples by Diverse Books
Storytelling with Cinnamon Spear (Northern Cheyenne) (webinar) - author in ORPARC's library
Traci Sorell (Cherokee), Stories for Our Children by Osiyo TV (video) - author in ORPARC's library
The Voices of Power and the Power of Voices by Marlinda White Kaulaity (Diné -Navajo Nation)
Tribeless Author Shana Ross (Navajo) Interview by C&I Studio - author in ORPARC's library
Where the Red Fern Grows: A Cherokee Legacy by Osiyo TV (video) - book in ORPARC's library

Tribal Library Items & ORPARC Library Introduction

Children's Materials & Teen Materials
Adoption-related
Biographies & Memoirs
Digital Items
Grief & Loss
Health & Healing and Nutrition
Mental Health
- Emotional Literacy
- Trauma
Parenting
Materials in Tribal languages
- Cree
- Cherokee
- Choctaw
- Lakota
- Navajo
- North American Indian
- Ojibwa
- Tlingit

Featured Favorites

My Powerful Hair by nationally-known author Carole Lindstrom (Anishinabe/Métis) & award-winning illustrator Steph Littlebird (Grand Ronde)

The Blue Roses by Linda Boyden (Cherokee)

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angelina Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatami Nation)

Nihá’ádaahwiinít’íigo/When We Are Kind (Diné/English) by Monique Gray Smith (Cree) & illustrated by Nicole Neidhart (Navajo)

Kikî-Kîwê-Nikamôstamâtinân/We Sang You Home (Cree/English) by Richard van Camp (Tłı̨chǫ Dene)

Remember by Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) & illustrator Michaela Goade (Tlingit/Haida)