Reading Recommendations

"A complex look at California Native ecological practices as a model for environmental sustainability and conservation.” (Purchase here)

"Required Reading is a roadmap that hones in on why Indigenous peoples must lead through the heart of the climate crisis." (Purchase here)

"A movement-oriented document for climate justice and grassroots reform and revolution.” (Read here)

"A sweeping history--and counter-narrative--of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present." (Purchase here)

"An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models...” (Purchase here)

"The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism." (Purchase here)

Short but unforgettable, Nature Poem is “a book-length poem about how an American Indian writer can’t bring himself to write about nature, but is forced to reckon with colonial-white stereotypes, manifest destiny, and his own identity as an young, queer, urban-dwelling poet” (Purchase here)

The book “traces traditions of Indigenous resistance that led to the #NoDAPL movement. Our History Is the Future is at once a work of history, a manifesto, and an intergenerational story of resistance.” (Purchase here)

An iconic leader of the movement for Hawaiian sovereignty, Haunani-Kay Trask was also a talented poet. This is her second and final book of poems, “a haunted and haunting love song for a beloved homeland under assault.” (Purchase here)

“The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country,” the book explores the relationship between Black and Native liberation movements, and the powerful possibilities of solidarity. (Purchase here)

Janet Mock is a Black and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) writer, director, and producer best known for her work on Pose. The sequel to Mock’s bestselling memoir of her youth and coming out, Surpassing Certainty is a memoir of her twenties - leaving her home in Hawai’i, beginning her career, and building her life. (Purchase here)

The podcast explores “our relationships as Native peoples - to land, ancestors and to each other.” They just started their 4th season, so there are plenty of episodes; start with one that catches your interest. (Listen here)

"With recipes as varied as the peoples that inspired them, New Native Kitchen celebrates the Indigenous heritage of American cuisine." (Purchase here)

Filled with beautiful, watery art, Caldecott Award-winner We Are Water Protectors is a perfect introduction to environmental justice! (Purchase here)