Local
The Urban School is on or adjacent to the land of the Muwekma, Ramaytush, Coast Miwok, and Lisjan peoples.
Social Media
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Indigenous Americans on Social Media25 accounts to follow to learn about Indigenous People's issues and life.
Podcasts & News
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All My Relations"To be an Indigenous person is to be engaged in relationships—relationships to land and place, to a people, to non-human relatives, and to one another. All My Relations is a place to explore those relationships, and to think through Indigeneity in all its complexities."
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Native America Calling"Your national electronic talking circle."
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This Land"An 1839 assassination of a Cherokee leader and a 1999 murder case - two crimes nearly two centuries apart provide the backbone to a 2020 Supreme Court decision that determined the fate of five tribes and nearly half the land in Oklahoma."
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Toasted Sister PodcastRadio about Native American Food
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Spirit Resistance RadioIndigenous thinking, singing and news.
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High Country NewsCovering the news for 12 Western states and hundreds of Indigenous communities.
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Indigenous Women Speak OutWomen's eNews
Healing Traditions
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Every Plant that Exists Has Meaning: Native Traditional Ecological MedicineNative Californian peoples' use of plants as traditional medicine. Native people of California map included.
Books & Reading
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples, available on overdrive as an ebook! -
Braiding Sweetgrass (audiobook) by As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. Available on overdrive as an audiobook. -
There There: a Novel by Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering bestselling novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. -
Heart Berries by Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Available on overdrive as an audiobook. -
1491 by Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. -
The Ohlone Way by Publication Date: 1997-04-01The Ohlone Way describes the culture of the Indian people who inhabited Bay Area prior to the arrival of Europeans.
More books here and some great articles to check out...
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San Francisco votes to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day2018 article from The Hill
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San Francisco Replaces Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples’ Day2018 article from Courthouse News
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5 Places to View Pre-Colonial America"...landmarks significant to Indigenous people that were renamed by white settlers." by Chelsea Luger
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The Native History of Indigenous Peoples Dayby Malinda Maynor Lowery
Art & Artists
Indigenous People Activism
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NDN CollectiveIndigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power.
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IEN A People's Orientation to a Regenerative EconomyA guide for a sustainable future.
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Urban Indian Health InstituteDecolonizing data, for Indigenous people, by Indigenous people.
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Sogorea Te' Land TrustLearn about our local Lisjan (Ohlone) history & territory from The Sogorea Te' Land Trust, an indigenous women-led initiative.
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Indigenous data sovereignty shakes up researchIn the Covid-19 era, tribal nations want research in the service of their people.
Digital Research Resources
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Native Land Digital MapRobust interactive map of Indigenous communities around the globe.
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American Indian Digital History Project". . .a Digital History Cooperative founded to recover and preserve rare Indigenous newspapers, photographs, and archival materials from all across Native North America."
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Native American PowWow CultureNative American articles, events and culture.
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"Decolonial" Reading ListComprehensive reading recommendations from Librarian Analú María López.
Documentaries & Movies
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Pine Ridge: The Lives and Dreams of Today's Native American YouthCheck out this 2013 documentary through the public library!
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Young Lakota: A Native American Leader Fights for Reproductive RightsCheck this documentary out through the public library!
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Rhymes for Young GhoulsA teenage girl struggles for survival on an Indian reservation in this 1970's-set Canadian drama