Wednesday, January 29 - Book of the Month: “Shell Shaker”:
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Choctaw writer LeAnn Howe’s book, “Shell Shaker,” has been described as “… a delicious read, a powerful journey into the hearts of some incredibly strong Indian women.” It’s a story about a community, a people, who are continually making sacrifices for the benefit of all, and it’s our Book of the Month. It combines the stories of two political leaders from different centuries, and their weakness for power, with a murder mystery. In her debut novel, the author shows the power of a united community. What is a Shell Shaker? How can we get more Native communities to unite for the betterment of their people?

Wednesday, February 26 - Book of the Month: A Pipe for February:
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At the turn of the 20th Century, the Osage were traditional tribal people who owned Oklahoma’s most valuable oil reserves. By the 1920’s the Osages became members of the world’s first wealthy oil population, living lives of leisure. They built large homes, expensive cars, enjoyed fine restaurants and traveled to faraway lands. They also found themselves targets of opportunists, swindlers and murderers bent on taking their wealth from them. Osage author Charles Red Corn sets A Pipe for February against this turbulent, exhilarating background. How has the world’s thirst for oil affected our relationships and our treatment of one another?

Wednesday, March 26 - Book of the Month:
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Turtle Lung Woman’s Granddaughter is the unforgettable story of several generations of Lakota women told with their words. Oglala author and educator Delphine Red Shirt has delicately woven the life stories of her mother, Lone Woman, and great-grandmother, Turtle Lung Woman, into a continuous narrative that succeeds triumphantly as a moving, epic saga of Lakota women from traditional times to the present. Through Lone Woman’s and Turtle Lung Woman’s eyes, Red Shirt’s new book provides many wonderful details of their domestic lives before and during the early reservation years.

Wednesday, April 30 - Book of the Month: The Way of the Warrior:
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Crow elders tell their favorite stories of the exploits of memorable leaders from years past in this new book. Rousing adventures and unforgettable warriors inhabit these tales: the impetuous Rabbit Child, who rushes to his fate as he keeps a sacred vow; the rise to power and dreaded revenge of Red Bear, one of the greatest and most spiritually powerful Crow leaders; the dazzling success and even greater shame of Spotted Horse; and the legendary bravery of Top of the Mountain. Two Crow brothers recorded, transcribed and translated into English the accounts, which have now been edited and introduced by Phenocia Bauerle, their granddaughter.

Tuesday, May 27 - Book of the Month: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History
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Native American Studies professor Walter C. Fleming of Montana State University, an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Nation, offers an in-depth look at the world of the American Indian in his new book titled "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Native American History." Learn how the Indians saved the pilgrims from starvation. Find out how European diseases decimated the Native population. Untangle the intricacies of federal treaty obligations. Understand the plight of urban Indians. Examine why reservations are still pockets of poverty. Even if you’re not an idiot the histories, explanations and insights in this book will enlighten and enhance your understanding of the Native experience.

Wednesday, June 25 - Book of the Month: My Special Ceremony
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Rites of passage ceremonies vary amongst aboriginal communities across North America. But all of these rites are special, sacred events in the lives of both young women and young men. Ojibwe author Marie Gaudet has a new children’s book called Gchi-Mnaadendmaa Ntaawgiyaanh: My Special Ceremony. The book features beautiful illustrations by the author, and it tells the story of an Anishinabe girl becoming a young woman. Even more interesting, the short story is told in the Ojibwe language and translated into English. Join us for our book of the month with our guest Marie Gaudet of the Wikwemikong First Nation on Manitoulin Island.

Wednesday, July 30 - Book of the Month: Ten Little Indians:
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Sherman Alexie is at again. He’s winding down his tour of the country promoting his brand new collection of short stories. Alexie has evolved into one of America’s more popular writers and is also an acclaimed playwright and film director. His newest publication, Ten Little Indians, is nine stories about Native people who come up against emotional, painful and challenging life-choices that test and build their individual character. But who is this writer who sees the written word as a medium to tell the world what it is to be an Indian in modern day America? And where does he conjure up these characters? Join us for our book of the month by Spokane author Sherman Alexie.

Wednesday, August 27 - Book of the Month: Dreadfulwater Shows Up:
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Aside from tribal political mudslinging and backstabbing, what other events crank up the rez rumor mill? Who's sleeping with who? Who's doing drugs and what about the dead body found in the condo next to the tribal casino? The casino was to be the tribe's goldmine, but the murder could bring that to a halt! That's the story line of a novel about a L.A. cop turned photographer who returns to the rez looking to retire. Are tribal casinos a magnet for crime? Is casino crime fiction or reality? Join us as we talk with author Hartley Goodweather.

Monday, September 29 - Book of the Month: Potawatomi Tracks: (Listen in RealAudio…)
Potawatomie Tracks, is Larry Mitchell’s poetic chronicle relating the events of his year-long tour of duty in Vietnam and the path back to his home in the Northeast corner of Kansas on the Potawotamie Reservation. His return is followed by years of drug abuse, alcoholism, homelessness and racial discrimination. He was able to overcome his feelings of despair to regain his dignity, self-respect, and take back control of his life. How are we treating our veterans, who have not found the road home? Join us for our Book of the Month with author Larry Mitchell of the Prairie Band of Potawotamie.

Wednesday, October 29 - Book of the Month: Shapeshift: (Listen in RealAudio…)
A new poet has emerged from Dine’ country who is taking on American culture and politics and their lack of spiritual grounding. Sherwin Bitsui is originally from White Cone, Arizona, of the Bitter Water People, born for the Manygoats People. In words drawn from urban American and Navajo perspectives, he links story, history and voice. With complexities of tone that shift between disconnectedness and wholeness, irony and sincerity, he demonstrates a balance of excitement and intellect rarely found in a debut volume. Join us as we interview the University of Arizona’s recent recipient of the Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Award.

Wednesday, November 26 - Book Of The Month: The Winter Walk: (Listen in RealAudio…)
Stories of true-life experiences and survival are often times the most compelling. For Native peoples, the oral tradition lends itself to perpetuating the events of those who have endured turmoil or confronted a challenge. Some of those stories are triumphant, while others tell of a hard fought losing battle. The centuries old Inupiaq story of Qutuuq is the center of a true story of ‘killing cold, starvation and exhaustion.' It is a story of enduring, but with a cost beyond measure. ‘The Winter Walk’ is a story of all this, an offering to the public, as told by an ancestor of Qutuuq. What is courage? What is survival? What is sacrifice? Guest includes Loretta Outwater Cox.

Tuesday, December 30 - Book of the Month: Awatuwe:
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In his new book, author Kris KillsPrettyEnemy of the Hunkpapa Lakota Nation, relates first-hand accounts of many of the internal social and cultural aspects of the Lakota as never before written. His work peers into such things as the way of the pipe, warrior women, prophecies and rites as reiterated by the Lakota of long ago. He provides us a glimpse into the spiritual aspects of the Lakota and their relationship with the earth and her children; their ties to the elements; as well as their association with the Great and Sacred. What were the binding rules, morals, and customs? And how have these teachings been altered and sustained over time?