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Description automatically generated" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan
recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the second Monday in October. Home to t</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">he Anishinaabe people, known as Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi),
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michiganders can learn about Indigenous and Native culture by visiting cultural sites such as the
</span><a href="http://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
attending events like traditional Powwows, and learning from the </span><a href="https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.202/021.ccf.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AEUs_SSStandards_2021.final_.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maawndoonganan:
Anishinaabe Resource Manual</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> which accompanies the Michigan Social Studies Standards. Additionally, the
</span><a href="https://www.mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan eLibrary</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (MeL) provides journals and
eBooks which can help everyone become more knowledgeable and inclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NoveList Plus<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-novplus"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NoveList Plus</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
can help libraries promote Native and Indigenous characters and authors. One available tool is a guide that provides NoveList search strategies for
</span><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/sites/g/files/nabnos191/files/acquiadam-assets/NoveList-Search-Strategy-Books-by-Culture.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Exploring Books by Culture</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
The NoveList staff has gathered information to assist with book and author discovery in their
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=neh&tg=UI&an=449732&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Explore
Diversity Resources</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> page. To feature Anishinaabe authors and characters, consider books by
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=AU+louise+erdrich&type=1&searchMode=And&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Louise
Erdrich</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=AU+Robin+Wall+Kimmerer&type=1&searchMode=And&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Robin
Wall Kimmerer</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=AU+brenda+child&type=1&searchMode=And&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brenda
Child</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=AU+Carole+Lindstrom&type=1&searchMode=And&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Carole
Lindstrom</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, and
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=AU+cynthia+leitich+smith&type=1&searchMode=And&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cynthia
Leitich Smith</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. It is also important to know that NoveList has undertaken a project to
</span><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/blogs/novelist/announcing-improved-subject-headings-relating-indigenous-cultures"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">improve subject headings</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
that relate to Indigenous cultures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic Search Complete<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MeL also includes access to scholarly research across many disciplines in
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-a9h"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic Search Complete</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
Current research studies by Native and Indigenous experts on a variety of topics including history, anthropology, arts, epidemiology, cultural traditions, and Native languages, as well as book reviews, are included in full-text journals such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&jid=AIQ&site=ehost-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">American
Indian Quarterly</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Peer reviewed journal from the University of Nebraska Press (1990-present)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&jid=GYA&site=ehost-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">American
Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Peer reviewed journal from the University of Colorado Denver (2003-present)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&jid=5PG&site=ehost-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tribal
College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Published quarterly by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (2000-present)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Public Library Collection<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Another option to expand your community’s access Native and Indigenous characters, authors, and content is to use QR codes to share eBooks from the
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Public Library Collection</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=1468510&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All
Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">by Winona LaDuke provides cultural and historical perspective on the ongoing struggles against environmental
and cultural degradation from multiple perspectives.</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=3027905&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> by Gord Hill is an illustrated history
of resistance and activism by Indigenous people in the Americas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">The MeL eResources provide historical context and current research from Native and Indigenous
voices to all Michigan residents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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