Resources

General

• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, 2015 (click here to find it through the Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here) 
• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, adapted by Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, 2019 (click here to find it through Wellesley Free Library)
• Native America Calling – The Electronic Talking Circle hosted by Tara Gatewood
• 9 Questions Native Americans Have For White People, 2 mins, 2016

• When the Land Speaks: An Untold History of Massachusetts & the Importance of Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day presented by Larry Spotted Crow Mann of the Nipmuc Nation

Environmental Justice

• As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker, 2020 (click here to find it through the Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here)
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, 2014 (click here to it through Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here, read an excerpt of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s new introduction to the book here)
• One Year at Standing Rock, 5 mins, 2017, content warning: mention of police brutality 2:25-2:43 (no detailed description)

Columbus

• ‘We the People’ – the three most misunderstood words in US History, 18 mins, 2019 
• Indigenous Peoples and Columbus Monuments: The Doctrine of Discovery by Betty Lyons, 2017 
• “All the Real Indians Died Off” and 20 Other Myths about Native Americans by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker, 2016 (Myth #3: Columbus Discovered America, pg. 23-31; click here to find it through Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here) 
• Christopher Columbus and the Enterprise of the Indies: A Brief History with Documents by Geoffrey Symcox and Blair Sullivan, 2005 (click here to find it through Wellesley Free Library)
• For more Columbus resources, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Indigenous Peoples of this Area

• Assonet Wampanoag Tribe

• Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe 

• Herring Pond Wampanoag Nation

• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

• Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag

• Nipmuck Tribal Council of Chaubunagungamaug

• Nipmuc Nation

• Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe
• Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe
• Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

More Columbus Resources

• A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de Las Casas, translated by Nigel Griffin, introduction by Anthony Pagden, 1992 (click here to find it through Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here)
• The Life of Admiral Christopher Columbus: by his Son Ferdinand by Ferdinand Columbus, translated and annotated by Benjamin Keen, 1992 (click here to find it through Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here)
• Columbus: The Four Voyages 1492-1504 by Laurence Bergreen, 2012 (click here to find it through Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here)
• The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus: The Four Voyages edited by Joseph Cohen, 1992, originally published 1969 (click here to find it through Wellesley Free Library or buy it from Bookshop.org here)
• The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other by Tzvetan Todorov, translated by Richard Howard, introduction by Anothony Pagden, 2020, originally published 1984 (buy it from Bookshop.org here)

Recommended Elementary Books by Indigenous Authors

• The Committee for Indigenous Peoples Day Wellesley created a book list to increase representation of diverse Indigenous perspectives in classrooms and homes. We were guided by resources from Indigenous educators–including Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambé Pueblo) and her website American Indians in Children’s Literature (AICL), Oyate Books (www.oyate.org), and Megan Tipler (Métis) (Indigenous Texts (Tipler)).