In 2021, Deb Haaland wore a ribbon skirt when she was sworn in as the first Native American cabinet secretary of the Department of the Interior. In What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland’s Historic Inauguration written by Alexis Bunten (Aleut/Yup’ik) and illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt (Diné (Navajo) of the Kiiyaa’áanii Clan), we learn that the colors of the ribbons adorning Secretary Haaland’s skirt each had a special meaning – the red ribbon represented strawberries, the orange represented fire, yellow was for the sun, green was for grass, blue was for water and violet was for shells.

To celebrate Native American Heritage Month in 2024, you can learn more about ribbon skirts, and other traditions and experiences of Indigenous Americans, through the books below:

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The featured authors and illustrators represent the following tribes, nations, clans and peoples: Indigenous Hawaiian, a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada, an Anishinaabe artist, writer, organizer, and digital strategist, an Anishinaabe author and illustrator, a member of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Tribe, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Dakotas, an enrolled member of Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, a Paiute who lives on the Big Pine Reservation in Inyo County, California, a Tongva artist of mixed Indigenous ancestry, grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona, a member of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota), a former Chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, from the Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation, a descendant of Coast Salish ancestors, Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap), from the Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation (Canoe Creek Indian Band), Tsilhqot’in and Syilx and grew up on territories of the Semiahmoo and Kwantlen Nations, enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, Unangan/Yup’ik and Diné (Navajo) of the Kiiyaa’áanii clan.

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While getting ready to trick-or-treat, enjoy these books that explore other wonderful fall holidays:

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To celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day 2024, read a pirate book or three. Discover interesting facts and popular pirate myths, and find out more about the seadogs, swashbucklers and scallywags who roamed the briny deep.

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In honor of National Teddy Bear Day 2024, learn more about bears (and about President Teddy Roosevelt)!

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To celebrate Back to School Month 2024, here are some great books about different ways kids experience going back to school!

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Celebrate National Beach Day 2024 with these stories about mermaids!

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Celebrate National I Love Horses Day 2024 with these great nonfiction books about horses and riders, including Jubilee: The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream!

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