Poetry and prose

In this time, a poem by Natalie Lolar

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson

Children’s books

Kunu’s Basket by Lee Francis

The First Blade of Sweetgrass by Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey, and Nancy Baker

I am Birch by Scott Kelley

Many Hands:  A Penobscot Indian Story  by Angeli Perrow

Thanks to the Animals by Allen Sockabasin

Remember Me by Donald Soctomah

The Canoe Maker: David Moses Bridges by Donald Soctomah

News pieces

The myth of Native American extinction harms everyone. Mali Obomsawin for the Boston Globe. September 2020.

Podcasts

For the Wild. A podcast focused on land based protection, co-liberation and intersectional storytelling rooted in a paradigm shift from human supremacy towards deep ecology.

Let’s Talk Native with John Kane broadcasts weekly from upstate New York in Cattaraugus territory of the Seneca Nation. The podcast starts conversations about local and national native issues, and takes a tough look at history, oppression, culture, the arts, and politics.

Native Lights Podcast reviewed here. 

The Native Seed Pod. A podcast that explores thinking about Indigenous sciences and the physical and poetic seeds needed to renew the health of the Earth at this critical time in history.

The Red Nation Podcast. The Red Nation is a coalition dedicated to the liberation of Indigenous peoples from colonialism through direct action, advocacy, mobilization, and education.

This Land. A podcast series tracing the backstory and development of ongoing cases in federal and Indigenous law.

Unreserved Podcast. Introduces listeners to indigenous storytellers, culture makers and community shakers from across the country (Canada).

Music

Jeremy Dutcher, The Newest Light In Canada’s Indigenous Renaissance

Emma Stevens, a Canadian Mi’kmaq singing in her Native language

RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World. A film centered on the role of Native Americans in contemporary music.

Film

A collection of short documentaries that illustrate Wabanaki traditional art practices.

Reel Injun. Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding — and misunderstanding — of Native people.

Małni – Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore. Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians Sky Hopinka’s poetic film draws on the Chinookan origin of death myth to contemplate afterlives and rebirths.

Visual art

Indigenous Photograph. This database elevates work from Indigenous photographers around the world.