Announcing the tag for May

[LibraryCin]

Book Concierge wrote: "Louise Erdrich also writes a children's series (think Little House on the Prairie, but for an indigenous family) that is quite good ... Begins with The Birchbark House..."

I loved "The Birchbark House"!

[LibraryCin]

Thought I'd recommend another Canadian one. I only rated it 3 or 3.5 (ok or good), but many people really like The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline.

It's indigenous YA/dystopia.

[Book Concierge]

And here's one for indigenous peoples of Mexico:
Malinche by Laura Esquivel (author of Like Water for Chocolate

[NancyJ]

HOOPLA Indigenous books - Library, no wait lists

Louise Erdrich
*LaRose – Hoopla audio/ebook
Plague of Doves Hoopla
Shadow tag - Hoopla
*Master Butchers - Hoopla
Red Convertible – Hoopla
Books and Islands of Ojibwe – Hoopla ebook

Indian Horse – Hoopla ebook
Braiding Sweetgrass – Audible Plus
Elatsoe – Hoopla audio
Five Little Indians – Hoopla audio, ebook
Moon of the Crusted Snow – Hoopla, ebook
Ceremony - Hoopla audio
The Inconvenient Indians Thomas king 2012- Hoopla audio
Jonny Appleseed – hoopla
Monkey Beach hoopla ebook
Seven Fallen Feathers – hoopla both
*The Seed Keeper – hoopla both
Future Home of the Living God – Erdrich - Hoopla
Crazy Brave – audible
The Yield Australia – hoopla both
Two Old Woman Alaska hoopla ebook
Even as we Breathe Hoopla
Sharks in the time of strangers – hoopla audio
Hatak Witches – Hoopla audio
People of the Whale Linda Hogan Hoopla
ISLAND OF DECOLONIAL LOVE
WINTER COUNTS
CEREMONY
CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE – EBOOK
REZ LIFE BY TRUER
WALKING THE REZ ROAD - EBOOK

[Karin]

Half-Breed is a Canadian memoir that has been shelved indigenous by 81 people. The author is Métis and for those who have no idea what that means I recommend this powerful book. It's not long, either, only 184 pages on the MPE. The author is fluent in Cree, Michif, Saulteaux, and English. She has a list of books she's written, but this is the only one I've read. I rated this more highly than LibraryCin did just to give you a different experience on it.

[NancyJ]

Karin wrote: "Half-Breed is a Canadian memoir that has been shelved indigenous by 81 people. The author is Métis and for those who have no idea what that means I recommend this powerful book. It's..."

Sounds good. Hoopla has it too.

[Jgrace]

This one turned up this morning in an Off The Shelf blurb.
Stolen: A Novel

It's about indigenous Sami reindeer herders. (also the first time that I've seen the word 'indigeneity'.

Blurb says there's going to be a Netflix movie.

[Booknblues]

Jgrace wrote: "This one turned up this morning in an Off The Shelf blurb.
Stolen: A Novel

It's about indigenous Sami reindeer herders. (also the first time th..."

I've read it and strongly recommend it. So good.

The author has previously written children's books and she really nailed the children in this novel.

[Amy]

I just wanted to say - that I put forth two votes for Greek Mythology and actually put Theology second with yet another two votes. I really thought Greek Mythology had this in the bag. How wrong again I was......

[Jgrace]

Booknblues wrote: "Jgrace wrote: "This one turned up this morning in an Off The Shelf blurb.
Stolen: A Novel

It's about indigenous Sami reindeer herders. (also th..."

I thought someone at PBT had reviewed it. I’m glad you liked it. I’ve requested it from the library.

[NancyJ]

Booknblues wrote: "Jgrace wrote: "This one turned up this morning in an Off The Shelf blurb.
Stolen: A Novel

It's about indigenous Sami reindeer herders. (also th..."

This is high on my list for May. I'm putting it on my subdue list, but I plan to read it even if the number doesn't come up.

[LibraryCin]

Looks like I'll probably read Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga.

Another option for me (but less likely) is In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott.

[Booknblues]

NancyJ wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Jgrace wrote: "This one turned up this morning in an Off The Shelf blurb.
Stolen: A Novel

It's about indigenous Sami reindee..."

Judith and Nancy, I hope that you like it. I always feel a bit worried with recommends.

[Jen]

Book Concierge wrote: "Jen wrote: "Yup I will definitely be abstaining from this months reading. Will not do my mental health any good at all after the last couple of years...."

Not all indigenous stories are tragic and..."

Book Concierge wrote: "Jen wrote: "Yup I will definitely be abstaining from this months reading. Will not do my mental health any good at all after the last couple of years...."

Not all indigenous stories are tragic and..."

Yeah I know that. I have read many indigenous books in the past before the last couple of years happened. That's not my reason why but I won't go into the reasons as they are specific and not generalisable to most.

[Jen]

Amy wrote: "I just wanted to say - that I put forth two votes for Greek Mythology and actually put Theology second with yet another two votes. I really thought Greek Mythology had this in the bag. How wrong ag..."

I put 10 on Greek because I can't deal with either of the other 2.

[NancyJ]

I just remembered Euphoria by Lily King. They study indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea. Its loosely based on the anthropologist Margaret Mead.

[Karin]

Amy wrote: "I just wanted to say - that I put forth two votes for Greek Mythology and actually put Theology second with yet another two votes. I really thought Greek Mythology had this in the bag. How wrong ag..."

I have months like that as well!

[Amy]

Loved Euphoria!!!!

[Book Concierge]

Here's another one that would also satisfy the "world-war-ii" candle
The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II

Here's a snippet from My review:
I was attracted to the book because in this month of Veteran’s Day I wanted to read something that would reflect on my father’s service in WW2. He spent 33 months in the Pacific, and frequently talked about the indigenous tribes people who helped them on various islands. The only “souvenir” he brought back was a spear from New Guinea.

[Jen K]

@Amy and Joanne, I might join you for Woman of Light

I have a ton of options for this tag so it will be more of a matter of deciding which to read first.

I really recommend Even As We Breathe which also works for the WWII tag.

[Nicole R]

I admit that I have not been a huge fan of the few Louise Erdrich books I have read. Some of them because she narrates her own books and I think she is a truly horrible narrator.

BUT, so many people have told me The Sentence is quite different from her other stuff and it very good. So, I am going to give it a whirl.

But, not on audio.

[Jgrace]

Nicole R wrote: "I admit that I have not been a huge fan of the few Louise Erdrich books I have read. Some of them because she narrates her own books and I think she is a truly horrible narrator.

BU..."

I love her books, but I never listen to them.

[NancyJ]

Jen K wrote: "@Amy and Joanne, I might join you for Woman of Light

I have a ton of options for this tag so it will be more of a matter of deciding which to read first.

I really recommend [book:..."
Even as we breathe sounds really good to me. It was recommended by NPR too.

[Nicole R]

Oooo, I may also finally read The Lost City of the Monkey God.

Though does anyone know if that is very similar to The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon?

[Booknblues]

Jen K wrote: "@Amy and Joanne, I might join you for Woman of Light

I have a ton of options for this tag so it will be more of a matter of deciding which to read first.

I really recommend [book:..."

I'll be interested in seeing what everyone thinks of this book, as I already read it.

[NancyJ]

Nicole R wrote: "Oooo, I may also finally read The Lost City of the Monkey God.

Though does anyone know if that is very similar to [book:The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon..."

I was wondering the same thing. I have them both as possibilities for a Tropical prompt. They're both non-fiction. I like both authors, but Preston seems to have a more sensationalistic style, and focuses on viruses, parasites and such.

JOY read both of them, she could probably help us.

[Joy D]

I think either of the "Lost City" books would work for "indigenous" since both are about looking for clues to ancient civilizations of indigenous people.

Not sure I'd call Grann "sensationalistic" but many people that went on the same expedition to Honduras developed an unusual parasitic illness.

Here are links to my reviews in case it is helpful:
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon - set in Brazil - looking for El Dorado
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story - set in Honduras - looking for the White City (that held a statue of a monkey god)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Hannah]

@ Amy, Joanne and Jen K - I have put a hold on Woman of Light at the library too, so I will join in the buddy read if the book arrives in time.

Other books I either own or have put a hold on at the library are:

Murder on the Red River
Girl Gone Missing
Terra Nullius
Indian Horse
Five Little Indians
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

[Amy]

Hannah this is wonderful news! Would love a buddy read. Maybe will even get some more interest.

[Amy]

I just noticed Jen K too!!!! I will open the thread for us May 1. How wonderful that this came together.

[NancyJ]

Hannah wrote: "@ Amy, Joanne and Jen K - I have put a hold on Woman of Light at the library too, so I will join in the buddy read if the book arrives in time.

Other books I either own or have put..."

The last three books on your list are high on my list too. Indian Horse sounds really good to me. I'll check out the other three.

[Hannah]

NancyJ wrote: "Hannah wrote: "@ Amy, Joanne and Jen K - I have put a hold on Woman of Light at the library too, so I will join in the buddy read if the book arrives in time.

Other books I either ..."

Murder on the Red River and Girl Gone Missing are both included in my Audible membership as part of the Plus Catalogue, so if you have a subscription you could check there to see if the same books are available in the US.

[NancyJ]

Joy D wrote: "I think either of the "Lost City" books would work for "indigenous" since both are about looking for clues to ancient civilizations of indigenous people.

Not sure I'd call Grann "sensationalistic..."

I think Grann is very focused on detailed research. There was a really great 60 Minutes segment on him last week. I think of Preston as sensationalistic (not in a bad way) because of some of his other books (Hot Zone scared the heck out of me). EDIT - oops, I mixed up my Prestons

Thanks for the info on the two books. Do you recommend one over the other?

[Hannah]

Amy wrote: "Hannah this is wonderful news! Would love a buddy read. Maybe will even get some more interest."

Hopefully there will be more interest. And you never know, we may even get started on Daughters of Rome in May and so have two buddy reads together!

[NancyJ]

Hannah wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "Hannah wrote: "@ Amy, Joanne and Jen K - I have put a hold on Woman of Light at the library too, so I will join in the buddy read if the book arrives in time.

Other ..."

Great. There were quite a few indigenous books on the audible plus list when I first looked. I wish I wrote them down at the time.

[Amy]

Hannah I was thinking the exact same thing. May a good month for that. Plus it’s already out from the library and in my garage.

[Joanne]

Amy wrote: "Hannah I was thinking the exact same thing. May a good month for that. Plus it’s already out from the library and in my garage."

LoL, Amy now you have a secret garage list?

[Amy]

A secret garage collection from the Library. Scott said keeping the books in the car made the car smell. The whole secret not so secret phone TBR is another matter that gives me much pleasure.

Whats in there in the garage - Dark Tides by Philippa Gregory, Chateau of Secrets, daughters of Rome, and Astrid and Veronika, which I thought would make a great friendship book off my TBR. In the House is, Musical Chairs, the Clockmakers Wife, (Trim #12), and How to Ruin a Queen.

[Amy]

And Woman of Light is now in the House.

[Theresa]

Amy wrote: "A secret garage collection from the Library. Scott said keeping the books in the car made the car smell. The whole secret not so secret phone TBR is another matter that gives me much pleasure.

Wh..."
What is wrong with the man? Books don't 'smell'! They have a pleasing subtle aroma! Now sports equipment and apparel which I suspect litters your car given you have 3 boys, that smells!

[Amy]

Don’t even ask me about our two weeks shy of 18’s car and car trunk. A few library books have nothing on that atrocity! My husband of 27 years though, he has always had an incredibly sensitive nose.

[Shelly]

Here's a few recommendations:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Wolf in the Whale
(trigger alert: violence against women)
Even As We Breathe even more special for me b/c much of it takes place here is Asheville
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West a very important book!

[NancyJ]

Shelly wrote: "Here's a few recommendations:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Wolf in the Whale
(trigger alert: violence against women)
[book:Even As We Breathe|..."

Well, that clinches it - Even as we breathe is going on my next Subdue list. The Absolutely True Diary .. is already on my current board, but I didn’t land on it, so I’ll try again. My son lived in Asheville for a while and loved it.

If I can’t narrow down all my choices, I’ll let the dice help me decide.

[NancyJ]

Amy wrote: "Don’t even ask me about our two weeks shy of 18’s car and car trunk. A few library books have nothing on that atrocity! My husband of 27 years though, he has always had an incredibly sensitive nose."

I sympathize with him. They might have been stored in a damp basement before they were donated. I had to toss a lot of boxes when I moved because it was hard to breathe near them.

Amy, I realized there are at least two Amy Harmon books with Native American characters, including Where the Lost Wander .

[Amy]

Interesting. If I hadn't been settled on Woman of Light I might have jumped on that.

[Jen]

Book Concierge wrote: "Here's another one that would also satisfy the "world-war-ii" candle
The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II..."</i>


For those of you wanting weird and Pacific based try [book:Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu or The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific.
I have read a lot of "indigenous" over the years as I have lived in 10 countries but now is not the time.

[annapi]

The Cork O'Connor books by William Kent Krueger would qualify for the tag - a few people have tagged them indigenous. Though only a few characters are, Cork's indigenous side of the family are an important part of his character.

Another excellent series that fits the tag is Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series set in Alaska.

Both are favorites of mine and I highly recommend them.

[Booknblues]

A book recommendation I received yesterday reminded me that indigenous also refers to plants. It is quite popular in CA to plant indigenous to avoid invasive species.

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science

Here is another I think would fit with that. I found it fascinating-

Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

[NancyJ]

Booknblues wrote: "A book recommendation I received yesterday reminded me that indigenous also refers to plants. It is quite popular in CA to plant indigenous to avoid invasive species.

[book:Fresh Banana Leaves: He..."

Are you planning to read any Richard Wagamese books? I have a lot on audible, and his tone seems more hopeful and nurturing than some of the others on my list. I'm going to put at least 2 or 3 on my new Subdue list.

[NancyJ]

Booknblues wrote: "A book recommendation I received yesterday reminded me that indigenous also refers to plants. It is quite popular in CA to plant indigenous to avoid invasive species.

[book:Fresh Banana Leaves: He..."

Eating to Extinction sounds like one I would like. Does it also have an indigenous theme? I didn't spot any tags in the first few pages.

Are you planning to read any Richard Wagamese books this month? I have at least 4 Audible plus book by him, and I'm putting some of them on my new Subdue list this week.

One Native Life 2008,
One Story One Song, 2011,
Medicine Walk 2014,
Embers 2016, 4.51 rating

Indian Horse (kindle) will have to wait until my eyes get better.