Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector
Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector By Diane Wilson (Dakota) Illustrated by Tashia Hart (Red Lake Anishinaabe) Published by Minnesota Humanities Center 2020
Award Category: Middle School
Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor
Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor By Jessica Engelking (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) Illustrated by Tashia Hart (Red Lake Anishinaabe) Published by Minnesota Humanities Center, 2020 Purchase from Birchbark Books
The Sea in Winter
The Sea in Winter By Christine Day (Upper Skagit) Cover art by Michaela Goade (Tlingit and Haida) Published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend
Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend By Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe) Illustrated by Tara Audibert (Wolastoqey) Published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
2022 Youth Literature Awards
The 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Award winning titles were highlighted during the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards, the premier announcement of the best of the best in children’s and young adult literature. The 2022 AIYLA Jury, “Award winners and honors include the first audiobook and first Indigenous language edition. We are seeing … Continued
Healer of the Water Monster
Healer of the Water Monster By Brian Young (Diné) Cover art by Shonto Begay (Diné) Published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
2020 Awards
The 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award winning titles were highlighted during the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards, the premier announcement of the best of the best in children’s and young adult literature. The awards are new to the ALA Youth Media Awards lineup and are administered by the American Indian Library Association … Continued
The Grizzley Mother
The Grizzly Mother, Written by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (“Bret D. Huson,” Gitxsan) Illustrated by Natasha Donovan (Métis Nation of British Columbia) Published by Highwater Press, 2019.
I Can Make This Promise
I Can Make This Promise Written by Christine Day (Upper Skagit) Cover art by Michaela Goade (Tlingit, Kiks.ádi clan, Steel House) Published by Harper Collins, 2018.
Indian No More
Indian No More Written by Charlene Willing McManis (Umpqua/Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde) with Traci Sorell (Cherokee) cover art by Marlena Myles (Spirit Lake Dakota, Mohegan, Muscogee Creek) Published by Tu Books / Lee & Low, 2019