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Did you know that Illinois has its own pyramid?

While Monks Mound may be a site from the past, First American and Native American peoples’ presence and impact isn’t limited to distant history. 

Every November, Native American Heritage Month celebrates the past and present of Native Americans across the U.S.

Not only do we highlight diverse and distinct Native American cultures, but the ways in which these communities have been impacted by colonization and cultural erasure.

From homes and land to names and languages, Native Americans have suffered great losses as a result of colonization.

Curious about Native American Heritage Month and Native American history? 

Use the library’s museum passes to visit the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in Evanston. 

Or look  into these resources below: 

National Native American Heritage Month | Indian Affairs

Native American Heritage Month | Smithsonian Institution

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Explora

The Serviceberry

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

“All the real Indians died off”: and 20 other myths about Native Americans

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Code Talker: the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII

by Chester Nez

Looking to explore representation of Native Americans in books and on TV?

Check out the DPPL Roku stick to watch Anne with an E on Netflix, or Bones of Crows and Reservation Dogs on Hulu! 

For some fun fiction reads, try these!

Malinalli

by Veronica Chapa 

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones 

Trail of Lightning

by Rebecca Roanhorse

For some teen fiction, try out 

Hunting By Stars 

by Cherie Dimaline

Elatsoe

by Darcie Little Badger