Did you know that there are an estimated 476 million Indigenous peoples in the world living across 90 countries? Despite their varied locations and cultures, Indigenous peoples around the world face similar issues: environmental, rights to traditional lands and preserving their languages. The United Nations has designated August 9 as International Day of the World’s Indigenous People to raise awareness about Indigenous peoples and to celebrate them.
Here are some Fountaindale titles to help commemorate this day:
Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez, PhD
Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
by Jessica Hernandez, PhD
Call Number: 305.488 HER
Summary: An Indigenous environmental scientist explains 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.
Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
by Kathleen DuVal
Call Number: 940.00497 DUV
Summary: An award-winning historian tells the story of the Native nations, from the rise of ancient cities to the present, reframing North American history with Indigenous power and sovereignty at its center and showing how the influence of Native peoples remained a constant and will continue far into the future.
Corn Dance by Lorretta Barrett Oden
Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine
by Lorretta Barrett Oden
Call Number: 641.59297 ODE
Summary: Amply illustrated and adapted to bring the taste of Native tradition into the home kitchen, Corn Dance invites readers to join Loretta Oden on her inspiring journey into North America’s Indigenous heritage and exhilarating culinary future.
An Indian Among Los Indigenas by Ursula Pike
An Indian Among Los Indigenas: A Native Travel Memoir
by Ursula Pike
Call Number: B PIKE
Summary: A memoir by Ursula Pike (Karuk) about her time serving with the Peace Corps in Bolivia. Focusing on international travel from a California Indian perspective, the memoir asks what it means to be both colonizer and colonized and inquires into the challenges of building relationships between Indigenous groups from very different places.
Restoring the Kinship Worldview by Wahinkpe Topa and Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Call Number: 940.00497
Summary: Selected speeches from Indigenous leaders worldwide that provide necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable, interconnected future.