Ted Talks:

• How Indigenous guardians protect the planet and humanity| Valérie Courtois 

• Whose land are you on? What to know about the Indigenous Land Back movement| Lindsey Schneider 

• The intergenerational wisdom woven into Indigenous stories| Tai Simpson 

• The Standing Rock resistance and our fight for Indigenous rights| Tara Houska 

• A history of Indigenous languages -- and how to revitalize them| Lindsay Morcom 

• An Indigenous perspective on humanity's survival on Earth| Jupta Itoewaki 

• How indigenous hoop dancers see the world | Sampson Brothers 

• How to weave a cultural legacy through storytelling| Cohen Bradley 

• Indigenous In Plain Sight | Gregg Deal

• Buying corpse tags on eBay: my work as an Indigenous artist | Gregg Deal

• Recognizing Our Implicit Bias Towards Indigenous Peoples | Kelly Terbasket 

• Changing the way we see Native Americans | Matika Wilbur 

DEIB Native & Indigenous Book Suggestions:

Here are some suggestions from the DEIB Department for books to read about Native & Indigenous Peoples.

• Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

• There There by Tommy Orange 

• Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann 

• Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

• The Round House by Louise Erdrich 

• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley 

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

• The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich 

• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 

• Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard 

• We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom 

• Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

• An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays

• Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces by NMAI, Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Foreword by), Jefferson Keel (Foreword by), Kevin Gover (Afterword), Debra A. Haaland (Contribution by)

• Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

• "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Dina Gilio-Whitaker

• The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andrés Reséndez

Here are some other suggestions (Courtesy of GoodReads):

• Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie 

• Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) by Louise Erdrich 

• Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S.C. Gwynne 

• Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by John G. Neihardt 

• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (shelved 203 times as native-american)

• The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 

• The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 

• Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog 

• Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse 

• House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday 

• The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1) by Louise Erdrich 

• Tracks (Love Medicine. #3) by Louise Erdrich 

• Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie 

• Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot 

• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 

• LaRose by Louise Erdrich

• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann 

• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer 

• The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1) by Tony Hillerman

• You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie 

• Flight by Sherman Alexie

• One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1) by Jim Fergus 

• Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Jr. 

• The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich 

• In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement by Peter Matthiessen 

• Fools Crow (Contemporary American Fiction) by James Welch 

• Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden 

• Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle 

• American Indian Myths and Legends by Richard Erdoes (Editor) 

• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline 

• Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2) by Tony Hillerman

• The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich 

• Elatsoe (Elatsoe #1) by Darcie Little Badger 

• Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese 

• Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich 

• The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

• The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend by Bob Drury

• Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo 

Other book suggestions:

• Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Heroic Struggle for America's Heartland by Peter Cozzens

• Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power by Pekka Hämäläinen

• Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples by Yvonne Wakim Dennis, Arlene Hirschfelder, Shannon Rothenberger Flynn

• The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West by Peter Cozzens

• A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South by Peter Cozzens

• The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hämäläinen

• Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III

• Night of the Living Rez By Morgan Talty

• Woman of Light: A Novel By Kali Fajardo-Anstine

• Black Sun By Rebecca Roanhorse

• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Book Resources: 

• Resources for Teaching About Indigenous Peoples (Courtesy of National Education Association)

Here are resources to help you educate students honestly and accurately about Native history and the people whose land we occupy.  

• American Indian Library Association

• The Children's Book Council Indigenous Peoples Books & Resources

• New York Public Library Resources to Explore Native American Cultures, Languages, and Literature

• ATCG Books and Comics

• Social Justice Books: A Teaching for Change Project

• The ReadDown: Must-Read Books by Indigenous Authors (Penguin Random House)

• Native American Literature in Your Classroom

• The Chickasaw Nation

• Citizen Potawatomi Nation Course

• Killers of the Flower Moon 2023

• Fancy Dance 2023

• Bad Press 2023

• Frybread Face and Me 2023

• More Than a Word 2017

• Reel Injun 2009

• Murder in Big Horn 2023

• Geronimo: An American Legend 1993

• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry it On (PBS Passport) 2023

• Reservation Dogs (Hulu) 2020

• Prey  (Hulu) 2023

• Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (Netflix) 2023

• Love and Fury (Netflix) 2023

• Slash/Back (Amazon Prime) 2023

• Smoke Signals: Chris Eyre, 1998

• Dance Me Outside: Bruce McDonald, 1994

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Yves Simoneau, 2007

• Four Sheets to the Wind : Sterlin Harjo, 2007

• Elijah: Paul Unwin, 2007

• Rabbit Proof Fence: Philip Noyce, 2002

• Whale Rider: Niki Caro, 2002

• Powwow Highway: Jonathan Wacks, 1989

• Incident at Oglala: Michael Apted 2002

• Lakota Woman: The Siege at Wounded Knee: Frank Pierson, 1994

• In the Light of Reverence: Christopher McLeod, 2001

• The Business of Fancy Dancing: Sherman Alexie, 2002

• Naturally Native: Valerie RedHorse, Jennifer Wynne Farmer, 1998

• White Shamans and Plastic Medicine Men: Terry Macy, 1996

• The Exiles: Kent Mackenzie, 1961

• Medicine River: Stuart Margolin, 1993

• Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner: Zacharias Kunuk, 2001

• Follow Me Home: Peter Bratt, 1996

• We Shall Remain Series: Various, 2009

• Imprint: Michael Linn, 2007

• Little Big Man: Arthur Penn, 1970

• Barking Water: Sterlin Harjo, 2009

• Shadow of the Hawk: George McCowan, 1976

• Skinwalkers Series: Chris Eyre, 2002

• Lost Sparrow: Chris Billing, 2010

• Once Were Warriors: Lee Tomahori, 1994

• National Museum of the American Indian

• North American Indian Center of Boston

• Indigenous Peoples Network / Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust

• Indian Affairs of Massachusetts

• The Institute for American Indian Studies (IAIS) 

• Ohketeau Cultural Center

•  National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

• Facing History and Ourselves

• Native Land

• Institute for New England Native American Studies

• Tribal Government of the Nipmuc Nation

• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

• Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

• Mohegan Tribe

• Springfield-Agawam Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

• Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

• Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band 

• Native Governance Center

• Indigenous History and Literacy Project

• The Turtle Island Social Studies Collective

• The National Indian Education Association

• The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center 

• Redhawk Indigenous Arts Council

• Native Arts and Cultures Foundation

• NEA Native Arts and Culture

• American Indian Artists Inc. (AMERINDA)

• Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Center

• Canyon Records