10/12/2026
Today is ! Celebrate by learning about and honoring the voices, experiences, culture, and histories of the indigenous peoples who call this land home.
In Jamestown, we live, work, and learn on the lands of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (pronounced: oh-CHEH-ti sha-KOH-wee) and Yanktonai nations, represented today by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Nation, Spirit Lake Nation, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and of the Mandan (Nu'eta), Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples, still a sovereign nation at Fort Berthold Reservation.
Here are a few well-known titles you may recognize - as always, stop by the library for more!
*There There - 813.6 Or15t 2021, ebook in Libby
*Firekeeper's Daughter - Curr Fic B664f, audiobook in Libby
*Killers of the Flower Moon - 976.6004 G766k, audiobook in Libby
*The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee - ebook in Libby