Native American Heritage Month 2025
November marks the annual observance of Native American Heritage Month — a time to honor the rich and enduring cultures, languages, and contributions of Indigenous peoples and tribes across the United States.
Northern Colorado and areas surrounding Fort Collins are the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples. These Native tribes shaped our history, landscape, and culture. For Poudre Libraries, celebrating and recognizing Native American heritage isn’t only about history, but about Native communities across the country today.
Drop by a library location to browse displays featuring Indigenous-authored books or explore the selections curated in celebration of this month below.
Reading Recommendations
Whiskey tender : a memoir
Deborah Jackson Taffa
Wandering stars
Tommy Orange
Calling for a blanket dance : a novel
Oscar Hokeah
Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city
Tanya Talaga
Moon of the crusted snow : a novel
Waubgeshig Rice
Bad Indians : a tribal memoir
Deborah A. Miranda
Mankiller : a chief and her people
Wilma Mankiller
The only good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones
The marrow thieves
Cherie Dimaline
We still belong
Christine Day
Saints of the household
Ari Tison
Harvest house
Cynthia Leitich Smith
When we were alone
David Alexander Robertson
We are grateful : otsaliheliga
Traci Sorell
Fry bread : a Native American family story
Kevin Noble Maillard
Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story
Joseph Bruchac
The first blade of sweetgrass : a Native American story
Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey
Adult Recommendations by Genre
Wandering stars
Tommy Orange
Calling for a blanket dance : a novel
Oscar Hokeah
Moon of the crusted snow : a novel
Waubgeshig Rice
Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city
Tanya Talaga
Whiskey tender : a memoir
Deborah Jackson Taffa
Bad Indians : a tribal memoir
Deborah A. Miranda
Mankiller : a chief and her people
Wilma Mankiller
Additional Local Learning Resources
Reflect on the stories, languages, and resilience of Indigenous peoples in the Northern Colorado with these local learning resources.
