Celebrating Indigenous & Anticolonial Science

In honor of the publication of Fresh Banana Leaves in January 2022, we're highlighting a handful of wonderful books by Indigenous scientists and celebrating anti-colonial science and Indigenous ways of knowing. For more resources and information, check out the American Indian Science & Engineering Society, a national nonprofit organization focused on substantially increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers.

Thank you to Dr. Jessica Hernandez for talking with as part of her virtual book tour and inspiring the creation of this page, and thank you to Dr. Max Liboiron for writing Pollution is Colonialism, where we first read about a number of the works listed here. 

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science By Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781623176051
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Published: North Atlantic Books - January 18th, 2022

Firekeeper's Daughter By Angeline Boulley Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250766564
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - March 16th, 2021

Pollution Is Colonialism By Max Liboiron Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9781478014133
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Published: Duke University Press - May 14th, 2021

Braiding Sweetgrass By Robin Wall Kimmerer Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781571313560
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Published: Milkweed Editions - August 11th, 2015

Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods By Shawn Wilson Cover Image
$27.50
ISBN: 9781552662816
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Published: Fernwood Publishing - September 1st, 2008

We Are Water Protectors By Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250203557
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - March 17th, 2020

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer By Traci Sorell, Natasha Donovan (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Traci Sorell, Natasha Donovan (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781541579149
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Published: Millbrook Press (Tm) - March 2nd, 2021

Colonized Classrooms: Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education By Sheila Cote-Meek Cover Image
$29.70
ISBN: 9781552666531
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Published: Fernwood Publishing - April 1st, 2014

A Third University Is Possible (Forerunners: Ideas First) By la la paperson Cover Image
$11.00
ISBN: 9781517902087
Availability: Backordered
Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - June 1st, 2017

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples By Linda Tuhiwai Smith Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781786998132
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Zed Books - June 3rd, 2021

Kaandossiwin, 2nd Ed.: How We Come to Know: Indigenous Re-Search Methodologies  Cover Image
$31.90
ISBN: 9781773635170
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Published: Fernwood Publishing - July 19th, 2022

Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power By Max Liboiron, Josh Lepawsky Cover Image
$33.00
ISBN: 9780262543651
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Published: The MIT Press - May 24th, 2022

Minik: The New York Eskimo: An Arctic Explorer, a Museum, and the Betrayal of the Inuit People By Kenn Harper Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781586422417
Availability: Special Order
Published: Steerforth - September 26th, 2017

Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture By Bruce Pascoe Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781947534087
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Published: Scribe Us - May 15th, 2018

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay By Julian Aguon, Arundhati Roy (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Julian Aguon, Arundhati Roy (Introduction by)
$23.00
ISBN: 9781662601637
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Published: Astra House - September 13th, 2022