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Child, Brenda J.

Summary: "When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHI

Erdrich, Louise.

Summary: Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ERD

Quigley, Dawn

Summary: "Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn--about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat),...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUI

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUI

Erdrich, Louise.

Summary: In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ERD

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ERD

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Erdrich 2012

Boulley, Angeline

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: A groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who goes undercover to root out the crime and corruption threatening her community.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BOU

Boulley, Angeline

Summary: "Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA PA FIC BOU

Stark, Andrew

Summary: When Liam, an Ojibwa boy, and his mom go to adopt a dog from the shelter, Liam chooses Gizmo, a Chihuahua mix with behavior problems.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Stark, Andrew

Summary: Shy, eight-year-old Liam is anxious about attending a local powwow with his best friend, Zach, but he soon discovers that the venue is full of exciting things to eat and do--from delicious Indian tacos to lively drum circles and dancing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Stark, Andrew

Summary: Sometimes Liam, an Ojibwa boy, has to retreat to his room and escape into his imaginary world with the animal friends he has drawn, who can reassure him that whatever happens he is safe and loved.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JRB PURPLE STA

Lajimodiere, Denise K.

Summary: As she prepares for her first powwow, an Ojibwa girl practices her dance steps, gets help from her family, and is inspired by the soaring flight of Migizi, the eagle. Includes glossary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2021

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Quigley, Dawn

Summary: "Filled with lots of glitter, raised pinkies, and humorous misunderstandings, this second book in the Jo Jo Makoons series--written by Dawn Quigley and illustrated by Tara Audibert--is filled with the joy of a young Ojibwe girl discovering her very own special shine from the inside out. First grader Jo Jo Makoons knows how to do a lot of things, like how to play jump rope, how to hide her peas...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUI

Stark, Andrew

Summary: Liam and his mother find an injured pigeon, and his mother insists on taking it to the wildlife center, explaining that while some people think of pigeons as pests, every animal deserves care, respect, and a place in the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Stark, Andrew

Summary: Liam is an Ojibwa boy starting at a new school, and he is self conscious because of his cleft lip--especially after another boy tells him that he looks like a lion.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri

Summary: Fourteen stories that illuminate the strange workings of the human heart

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 AKI

Rendon, Marcie R.

Summary: "Her name is Renee Blackbear, but what most people call the 19-year-old Ojibwe woman is Cash. She lived all her life in Fargo, sister city to Minnesota's Moorhead, just downriver from the Cities. She has one friend, the sheriff Wheaton. He pulled her from her mother's wrecked car when she was three. Since then, Cash navigated through foster homes, and at 13 was working farms, driving truck....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REN

Luby, Brittany

Summary: "In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUB

Krueger, William Kent

Summary: "Cork O'Connor, the retired sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota, is in a race against time to save the people he loves from ruthless mercenaries in this riveting new novel from New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC KRU

Krueger, William Kent

Summary: Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend all occurred in previous Novembers, Cork O'Connor has always considered it to be the cruelest of months. Yet, his daughter has chosen this dismal time of year in which to marry, and Cork is understandably uneasy. His concern comes to a head when a man camping in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness goes missing. As the...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016

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Krueger, William Kent

Summary: Cork O'Connor finds himself in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from a group of bloodthirsty mercenary hunters.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KRU

Krueger, William Kent

Summary: ""One of today's automatic buy-today-read-tonight series ... thoughtful but suspenseful, fast but lasting, contemporary but strangely timeless." (Lee Child) In the extraordinary new Cork O'Connor thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger, the lives of hundreds of innocent people are at stake when Cork vanishes just days before his daughter's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRU

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRU

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: M KRU

Brezenoff, Steven

Summary: Somebody is vandalizing exhibits at the Capitol City Museum of American History, and it is up to twelve-year-old Raining Sam and his friends to find the culprit before irreparable damage is done.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015

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Hassler, Jon

Summary: After twenty years in the priesthood, Father Frank Healy returns home to minister to the Ojibway Indians living on the Basswood Reservation and meets again the only woman who ever tempted him away from his service to God, badly in need of a friend and councelor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1990

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAS

Krueger, William Kent

Summary: There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. To Stephen O'Connor, Hamlet's dour observation is more than just words. All his life, he has had visions of tragedies to come. When he experiences the vision of a great bird shot from the sky, he knows something terrible is about to happen. The crash of a private plane on Desolation Mountain in a remote...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018

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2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KRU

LaPensée, Elizabeth

Summary: "Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass. Aimée, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press Ltd 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LAP

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC LAP

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