Recommended Reads from the Children's Collection @ the Education Library

What is the Read Native Challenge?

The Read Native Challenge was designed by the American Indian Library Association to "support and recognize our Indigenous authors, scientists, legislators, storytellers, and creators" throughout the year in addition to Native American Heritage Month (November). 

Using Native American children's literature in the classroom selected resources:

• Education Resources for Teachers from the National Museum of the American Indian.

• Teaching Native American Heritage Month from Lee and Low Books Open Book Blog.

• American Indians in Children's Literature a blog by Dr. Debbie Reese, an Indigenous scholar and children's literature expert.

Indigenous (North American) Big Ten Open Books 

Explore 100 classic books on the history, society, and culture of Indigenous North Americans now available open access through the Big Ten Academic Alliance. 

Native American & Indigenous Studies Resources

• Native American & Indigenous Studies LibGuide

• First Nations / Native American Heritage Month Streaming and DVD Resources

  • This guide includes links to access a variety of streaming resources that provide you access to films centering First Nations and Native American stories.

FAQ

How do I participate?

Get a bingo card from the Education Library circulation desk or desks at participating locations. Read books from categories that will make a three in a row and write down their titles in the respective boxes. Come to the Education Library circulation desk by December 1st with your completed card to receive a free book, button, and bookmark (while supplies last).

What is the duration of the program?

The program starts on November 1st and will end on December 1st. You must redeem your prize by December 1st.

Where can I find materials?

This guide organizes books into categories that match boxes on the bingo card. For music and films, please refer to the Native American and Indigenous Studies guides linked above. 

We wish to acknowledge and honor the Indigenous communities native to this region, and recognize that Indiana University Bloomington is built on Indigenous homelands and resources. We recognize the myaamiaki, Lënape, Bodwéwadmik, and saawanwa people as past, present, and future caretakers of this land.

We are dedicated to centering Indigenous voices & perspectives, improving community relationships, correcting the narrative, and making the IUB campus a more supportive and inclusive place for Native and Indigenous students, faculty & staff.  We encourage everyone to engage with contemporary communities, to learn the histories of this land, to look at who has and does not have access to its resources, and to examine your own place, abilities, and obligations within this process of reparative work that is necessary to promote a more equitable and socially just Indiana University Bloomington.