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Thursday, August 27, 2026 — Native Bookshelf: ‘Treat Them as Buffalo’ by Blair Palmer Yoxall

Set against the backdrop of a historic time in Métis history, a young boy’s disappearance begins a tense story of justice and defiance in Métis author Blair Palmer Yoxall’s debut n...

Native American Warriors Shatter Academia’s Colonialism Narrative

Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones

Five years after Duck Lake, Nate Yellow Tail rides east in a borrowed parade RV to bring a Blackfeet boy's bones home from Carlisle. Jones's sequel is braver, funnier and stranger...

September 25, 2026 — Native Bookshelf: “The Birthing Tree” by Amanda Peters and “How Settlers Get Away with Murder by Li...

Aliet Paul learns traditional sacred birthing practices of her Mi’kmaq through her grandmother. But the outside world is changing and drives a wedge between her and her community....

I Was Inspired by the Native Writer Thomas King. Then I Learned He’s White.

Thomas King influenced a generation of Native writers, including myself. Then we discovered he wasn’t Native at all.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 — How Indigenous voices adapt to rapidly evolving media

After centuries of having their stories told by outsiders, Indigenous people made considerable progress in having their voices represented in the media in recent decades. The 2012...

Indian boarding schools: One family’s story of generational trauma

The National Day of Remembrance offers a moment to confront what boarding schools took from Native families and what survived despite them.

Native American ideas helped shape the Revolution – and the America of today

The relationship between Native Americans and colonists is often seen as a clash of civilizations during and after the Revolution. But the story is more complex.

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After teacher Vasant Dashpande published a “revolutionary newsletter that railed against the injustices of the British occupiers,” he was nearly beaten to death by soldiers in Brit...

9 Chilling Native American Ghost Stories, From Cannibals To Evil Otters

From the vengeful spirits of drowned babies to man-eating supernatural otters, these ancient tales from Indigenous cultures are sure to terrify. The post 9 Chilling Native American...

A Two-Spirit man’s friendship built a Native American museum that still inspires to this day

His unique tapestry led to the creation of one of the nation's earliest Native American museums.

Thursday, October 8, 2026 — Native authors and book sellers reflect on a record year for banned books

The number of books dropped from school reading lists and public library shelves is the highest since the organization, PEN America, started keeping track. Fueled mainly by conserv...

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Ten years after four Blackfeet friends shot into a herd of elk on land they had no right to hunt, one of them looks down through a spinning ceiling fan and sees the young cow he ki...

When Native justice clashes with ‘Anglo’ law

A public defender’s memoir recounts a murder case of two Alaskan Indigenous women that set their community at odds with the concept of due process.

You Are on Native Land: A Charity Comic for Indigenous Rights

by Matt Peters   Content advisory: Discussions of sexual violence and other interpersonal violence   The abbreviation MMIW, short for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, was cre...

Native American Word Search for Elementary Students – 2026

This Native American Word Search is a fun and festive way for students to celebrate Native American Indian Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples Day, or Thanksgiving this fall while e...

Q&A: Native Musician Robin Hairston on Setting Indigenous Experiences to Blues-Rock Melodies

The Chiricahua Apache singer, harmonica player, and lyricist talks about experiences and encounters that have shaped his career, and the music of Blue Mountain Tribe, his all-Nativ...

Americana Stories: What our fiction series says about the music and ourselves

When we asked readers for short fiction about Americana in the Spring, we got far more than a set of stories about cowboy hats and lonesome highways, which, to be honest, was a wor...

9 Works That Complicate the South Asian Diaspora Novel

Like so many others, I began writing when I read authors whose names sounded like my own. These novels by Lahiri, Rushdie, and Roy won all kinds of awards and provided the retort I...

I Went to Princeton to Become a So-So Indian

I realized that in this country Indians were not supposed to be happy or to pursue happiness. We were supposed to suffer and to pursue suffering.

The New Yorker’s Coverage of the 2026 National Book Award Fiction Nominees

Marlon James, Louise Erdrich, Edwidge Danticat, and more.

Friday, October 2, 2026 — Indigenous design as visual sovereignty

From the original Cherokee syllabary to banners waved by Native American demonstrators, graphic works by Native people carry a thread through the centuries that operate within thei...

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter has been on my radar for quite some time. So when the digital edition went on sale recently, I decided to bite the bullet and buy it...

Letter: Native peoples suffer injustice in America

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, I am reminded of a Native American comedian who said, “When the white man came to America, he had the Bible and we had the land. Now we ha...