Indigenous Ingenuity

Celebrate Indigenous thinkers and inventions with this beautifully designed, award-winning interactive nonfiction book-perfect for fans of Braiding Sweetgrass." Essential for kids and adults. We need this book." -Candace Fleming, award-winning author of The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh and The Family RomanovCorn. Chocolate. Fishing hooks. Boats that float. Insulated double-walled construction. Recorded history and folklore. Life-saving disinfectant. Forest fire management. Our lives would be unrecognizable without these, and countless other, scientific discoveries and technological inventions from Indigenous North Americans. Spanning topics from transportation to civil engineering, hunting technologies, astronomy, brain surgery, architecture, and agriculture, Indigenous Ingenuity is a wide-ranging STEM offering that answers the call for Indigenous nonfiction by reappropriating hidden history. The book includes fun, simple activities and experiments that kids can do to better understand and enjoy the principles used by Indigenous inventors. Readers of all ages are invited to celebrate traditional North American Indigenous innovation, and to embrace the mindset of reciprocity, environmental responsibility, and the interconnectedness of all life. An NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor BookAn American Association of Geography Recommended BookA National Education Society Read Across America SelectionWinner of the Nerdy Book Club Award for Best Longform NonfictionA Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & TeensA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearA Shelf Awareness Gift Guide SelectionA Junior Library Guild SelectionRecommended Reading on Indigenous Rights by The American Society of International Law