Wendy Red Star: Apsáalooke: Children of the Large-Beaked Bird Reading List

“It is critical to preserve and pass along culture, heritage, and shared values while also providing future generations with a sense of identity, solidarity, and empowerment.”

–Wendy Red Star

We hope you engaged with the prompts throughout the galleries that encourage thinking and conversation about Wendy Red Star’s poignant work. Enjoy making a special project to conclude your visit. And be sure to share it @MMoCAMadison #MMoCAKids.

Provided in the Learning Center are books about identity and representation for your exploration while at the Museum. Below is a full copy of the reading list and borrow these books from your local library.

Recommended Book Stores

• Birchbark Books – Specializes in Indigenous Literature – Owned by Author Louise Erdrich
• Itty Bitty Bookstore – Local, Black Woman Owned
• Room of One’s Own – LGBT Owned and POC Inclusive
• Routledge and CRC Press

Books for Children

• Our Journey by Lyz Jaakola (Ojibwe), Illustrated by Karen Savage-Blue (Ojibwe)
• Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk), Nancy K. Mays, Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Ojibwe, Wasauksing)
• My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith (Cree, Lakota), Illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Metís)
• Bowwow Powwow: Bagosenjige-niimi’idim by Brenda J. Child (Ojibwe), Illustrated by Jonathan Thunder (Red Lake Ojibwe) and Gordon Jourdain (La Croix)
• First Laugh Welcome Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe (Navajo), Nancy Bo Flood, Illustrated by Jonathan Nelson
• Nibi’s Water Song by Sunshine Tenasco (Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg), Illustrated by Chief Lady Bird (Chippewa, Potawatomi)
• Sky Sisters by Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Nishnawbe Ojibway), Illustrated by Brian Deines
• Fall in Line, Holden! by Daniel Vandever (Navajo)
• Herizon by Daniel Vandever (Navajo), Illustrated by Corey Begay (Navajo)
• Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby (Anishinaabe), Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Ojibwe)
• The Range Eternal by Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, Anishinabe, Chippewa), Illustrated by Steve Johnson, Lou Fancher
• Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth by Compiled by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Lakota Sioux), Illustrated by Stephen Gammell
• We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom (Anishinabe/Metis and enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), Illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)
• Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard (Seminole), Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
• Birdsong by Julie Flett (Cree-Metís)
• We All Play: kimêtawânaw by Julie Flett (Cree-Metís)
• I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner (Cree/Trinadadian), Illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)
• Ispík Kákí Péyakoyak / When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson (Norway House Cree), Illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Metís)
• On the Trapline by David A. Robertson (Norway House Cree), Illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Metís)
• The First Blade of Sweetgrass by Suzanne Greenlaw (Houlton Band of Maliseet) and Gabriel Frey (Passamaquoddy), Illustrated by Nancy Baker
• The Good Luck Cat by Joy Harjo (Muscogee Creek), Illustrated by Paul Lee
• Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson (Mohawk), Illustrated by David Shannon
• Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola I. Campbell (Métis; Interior Salish; Syilx (Okanagan); Nlaka’pamux), Illustrated by Carrielynn Victor (Salish; Coast Salish; Sto:lo;)
• A Day with Yayeh by Nicola I. Campbell ( Métis; Interior Salish; Syilx (Okanagan); Nlaka’pamux), Illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Metís)
• Ininatig’s Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking (We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today) by Laura Waterman Wittstock (Seneca), Illustrated by Dale Kakkak (Menominee Nation of Wisconsin in Keshena, Wisconsin) and Carly Bordeau (White Earth Band of Ojibwe)
• We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell (Cherokee), Illustrated by Frane Lessac
• We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell (Cherokee), Illustrated by Frane Lessac
• Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac (Nulhegan Abenaki)
• The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, Anishinabe, Chippewa)
• The Sea in Winter by Christine Day (Upper Skagit)
• Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend #1 by Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), Illustrated by Tara Audibert (Wolastoqey)

Books for Teens

• Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene (Cherokee), Illustrated by Ciara Sana (Chamoru)
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache), Illustrated by Rovina Cai
• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache)
• Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young (Navajo)
• A Girl Called Echo Volume 1 by Katherena Vermette (Metís), Illustrated by Scott Henderson
• Fire Keeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Chippewa)
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition by Anton Treuer (Ojibwe)
• Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek)
• Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek)
• Looks Like Daylight by Deborah Ellis
• Borders by Thomas King (Cherokee), Illustrated by Natasha Donovan (Metís)
• Fire Song (Anishinaabe Main Character) by Adam Garnet Jones (Cree/Metís)
• Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell ( Métis; Interior Salish; Syilx (Okanagan); Nlaka’pamux)
• The Marrow Thieves by Chérie Dimaline (Georgian Bay Métis Nation)
• Hunting Stars by Chérie Dimaline (Georgian Bay Métis Nation)
• Apple Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (Onondaga)
• #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy (Tsilhqot’in), Mary Beth Leatherdale
• Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal by Patty Loew (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)
• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz